Abstract: High blood pressure is usually identified and handled in the outpatient setting and is among the most typical needs to check out a family doctor. This review was aimed to evaluate and discuss the challenges facing family practice in management of hypertension, through demonstrating different studies from different countries concerning this topic. Three electronic databases (Medline, Embase and HealthStar) were searched by using the following Mesh headings: Family Practice or General Practice, and Quality of Health Care, Hypertension, high blood pressure, Clinical Competence, Guideline Adherence, Healthcare Peer Review. The search was limited to English language journals and to the period from 1990 to 2016. The titles and abstracts of all papers identified by the electronic search were inspected by Authors. This review indicate that some of family physicians in primary health care lack detailed knowledge about guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, many problems facing the primary care physicians in the implementation of guidelines. Therefore strategies to improve patient medication compliance and persistence are needed. Whether audit and feedback or more self-reflection on hypertension management by physicians will lead to further improvements warrants investigation.
Keywords: family practice, management of hypertension.
Title: Current Challenges in Family Practice for the Management of Hypertension: Systematic Review
Author: Munira Abdullah AlHashim
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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