An Interventional Multidisciplinary Approach to Individualize Blood Pressure Treatment

Individualized Blood Pressure Treatment: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Uncontrolled Hypertension in Order to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality

The aim of the study is to investigate and explore the most important aspects of drug-adherence in the treatment of hypertension in order to improve treatment and blood pressure control, implying that new knowledge will reduce morbidity and mortality.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed informed consent
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• A stable medication regimen for at least 4 weeks of ≥ 2 antihypertensive agents
• No planned changes in antihypertensive drugs

Exclusion Criteria:

• Withdrawal of consent
• 24-h systolic ambulatory blood pressure >/= 170 mmHg
• Patients with inadequate Norwegian language skills
• Positive pregnancy test
• Known alcohol or drug abuse
• estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/1.73m2
• Albumin/creatinin ratio >300 mg/mmol
• Any reason why, in the opinion of the investigator, the patient should not participate