ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2018
Therapeutic Inertia and Treatment Intensification.
Review in Current hypertension reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07547345 (Live Healthy Chicago - Community Pilot), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Live Healthy Chicago - Community Pilot
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension (JSH 2019).Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2019Guideline
- Factors associated with blood pressure control in Swedish primary care patients with hypertension: a cross-sectional study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Trial
- Analysis of Therapeutic Inertia and Race and Ethnicity in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Cluster-randomized controlled trial for the early promotion of clinic visits for untreated hypertension.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2021Trial
- Antihypertensive Medication Patterns in Patients with Hypertension that is Harder to Control: Insights from the EnligHTN Study.Advances in therapy · 2026Article
- Blood Pressure Outcomes Among US Veterans Initiating Hypertension Treatment, 2014 to 2023.Circulation. Population health and outcomes · 2026Article
- [HEARTS in Chile: Self-assessment of the quality of the hypertension management program in primary care, 2025A iniciativa HEARTS no Chile: autoavaliação da qualidade do programa de hipertensão arterial na atenção primária, 2025].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2026Article
- Novel pharmacological approaches to lowering blood pressure and managing hypertension.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2025Review
- Evaluating the Relationship Between Inertia Levels and Tendency to Medical Errors Among Nurses in Paediatric Clinics.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- Comparative Efficacy of Hypertension Management Strategies.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2024Article
- Therapeutic inertia and contributing factors among ambulatory patients with hypertension.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Observational
- Effectiveness of medication self-management, self-monitoring and a lifestyle intervention on hypertension in poorly controlled patients: The MEDICHY randomized trial.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Cross-sectional survey of hypertension management in clinical practice in Japan: the Kanagawa Hypertension Study 2021 conducted in collaboration with Japan Medical Association Database of Clinical Medicine.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2023Article
- Implementation Strategies to Improve Blood Pressure Control in the United States: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American Medical Association.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2023Review
- Uncontrolled blood pressure and therapeutic inertia in treated hypertensive patients: A retrospective cohort study using a UK general practice database.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2023Article
- Long-Term Results of a Digital Hypertension Self-Management Program: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR cardio · 2023Article
- National Registry of Hypertension Control Evaluated by Office and Home Measurements: The LHAR National Registry.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2023Article
- Intensifying approaches to address clinical inertia among cardiovascular disease risk factors: A narrative review.Patient education and counseling · 2022Review
- Drivers and scorecards to improve hypertension control in primary care practice: Recommendations from the HEARTS in the Americas Innovation Group.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Article
- [Drivers and scorecards to improve hypertension control in primary care practice: Recommendations from the HEARTS in the Americas Innovation GroupFatores impulsionadores e scorecards para melhorar o controle da hipertensão arterial na atenção primária: recomendações do Grupo de Inovação da Iniciativa HEARTS nas Américas].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis review aims to emphasize how therapeutic inertia, the failure of clinicians to intensify treatment when blood pressure rises or remains above therapeutic goals, contributes to suboptimal blood pressure control in hypertensive populations. RECENT
findingsStudies reveal that the therapeutic inertia is quite common and contributes to suboptimal blood pressure control. Quality improvement programs and standardized approaches to support antihypertensive treatment intensification are ways to combat therapeutic inertia. Furthermore, programs that utilize non-physician medical professionals such as pharmacists and nurses demonstrate promise in mitigating the effects of this important problem. Therapeutic inertia impedes antihypertensive management and requires a broad effort to reduce its effects. There is an ongoing need for renewed focus and research in this area to improve hypertension control.
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