Background Analyses of medication databases indicate marked increases in prescribing of
antihypertensive drugs in Canada over the past decade. This study was done to examine the …

Patients with hypertension are advised to lower their blood pressure to <140/90 mm Hg through
sustained lifestyle modification and/or pharmacotherapy. To describe the use of lifestyle …

Surveillance and monitoring of cardiovascular risk factors including raised blood pressure
are critical to informing efforts to prevent and control cardiovascular disease. Yet, many …

Background Approximately 17% of Canadians with high blood pressure were unaware of
their condition, and of Canadians aware of having the condition, approximately 1 in 5 have …

Background Some of the greatest barriers to achieving blood pressure control are perceived
to be failure to prescribe antihypertensive medication and lack of adherence to medication …

Background Lifestyle behavior modification is an essential component of self-management
of type 2 diabetes. We evaluated the prevalence of engagement in lifestyle behaviors for …

Background In Canada, as elsewhere, control of hypertension in older persons who are
using antihypertensive medication is more likely in men than in women. The reasons for the …

Background Prior national surveys suggested that treatment and control of hypertension
were poor in individuals with diabetes. Using measured blood pressures, we estimated …

Background Health professionals play an important role in providing health information to
patients. The objectives of this study were to examine the type of advice that Canadians with …

Since blood pressure (BP) control is less often achieved by individuals with diabetes, the
authors sought to determine whether receipt of and adherence to health behavior advice for …