Open Collections

UBC Faculty Research and Publications

Mild Hypertension : An approach to using evidence in the decision making process Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

Description

Therapeutics Letter 62 examines the use of evidence in the decision-making process in the context of treatment decisions for patients with mild hypertension. Conclusions: Using the best available evidence, the magnitude of benefit for drug treatment of mild hypertension can be estimated and presented to a patient. Shared-informed decision making can only truly be done if one can provide reasonable estimates of the potential benefits and harms of a proposed therapy. RCTs are needed to test whether using this evidence and shared-informed decision making approach changes mortality and morbidity as compared to usual care.

Item Metadata

Title
Mild Hypertension : An approach to using evidence in the decision making process
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 62
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2007-02
Description
Therapeutics Letter 62 examines the use of evidence in the decision-making process in the context of treatment decisions for patients with mild hypertension. Conclusions: Using the best available evidence, the magnitude of benefit for drug treatment of mild hypertension can be estimated and presented to a patient. Shared-informed decision making can only truly be done if one can provide reasonable estimates of the potential benefits and harms of a proposed therapy. RCTs are needed to test whether using this evidence and shared-informed decision making approach changes mortality and morbidity as compared to usual care.
Subject
Decision Making, Shared; Hypertension; Morbidity
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433641
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85051
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository
DSpace

Item Media

Item Citations and Data

Rights

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International