Efficiency of Monitoring and Control Program of Hypertension Through Pharmacy Offices. APOF Project

Efficiency Program Monitoring and Control of Hypertension Through Pharmacy Offices. APOF Project

Background: Hypertension in adults is the factor most prevalent cardiovascular risk and motivates further inquiries, generating a very high cost of medical care.

Objective: To evaluate the monitoring of well-controlled hypertensive patients Pharmacy Offices. Hypothesis: the monitoring of these patients through the Office of Pharmacy will be as effective in obtaining good control of blood pressure as it is to obtained through health centers. Design: Multicenter randomized controlled trial along one year of follow up. Location: the city of Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona). Participants: All patients diagnosed with hypertension and good control criteria in the past year. Arms: Health centers (control) and Pharmacy Offices (intervention). Outcome variable: blood pressure under good control along the monitoring

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age not less than 18 years
• HTA controlled over 2 years of evolution
• Subjects with a history open to participating health centers or stable residence in the geographic area
• Subjects who agree to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Comorbidity and concomitant (Diabetes Mellitus, Heart failure or renal failure
• Patients with temporary residence in the geographic area of study
• Subjects of hypertension controlled by outside professionals to our primary care teams.
• Subjects with home care or any other cause which does not permit their displacement, transfer to the clinic or pharmacy during the evaluation period.
• Subjects with severe diseases of poor prognosis, hopefully less than one year of life.
• Subjects who do not have telephones.
• Subjects with communication problems (cognitive impairment, sensory, language barrier)