[Primary care evaluation of the hypertensive patient management in specialized care after derivation (DERIVA-2 Study)].

Introduction: To know the opinion/evaluation of the primary care physicians (PCPH) of the received information about patients that were attended in specialized care (SC).

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Location: Performed nationwide in primary care centers.

[Delphi consensus on the individualised management of diabetes in primary care. ICANDAP study].

Introduction: To determine the level of acceptance of the message of individualised management of type 2 diabetes mellitus among Spanish Primary Care (PC) physicians, and to evaluate the factors that may interfere with its implementation in clinical practice.

Material And Methods: National study in the field of PC, exploratory, and following a two-round modified Delphi method. Evaluation by a homogeneous panel of 152 physicians using a 27-items questionnaire divided into 6 thematic areas.

[Evaluation of referral process of the hypertensive patient in Spain: DERIVA study].

Introduction: An adequate communication between levels of medical attention is the key point for optimal treatment and outcomes of the hypertensive population.

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of the hypertensive patients' derivation from Primary Care to Specialized Care. As secondary objectives, the information registered on the derivation report was assessed and concordance between derivation reason and final diagnosis was analysed.

[Blood pressure control in a population of hypertensive diabetic patients treated in primary care: PRESCAP-Diabetes Study 2010].

Objectives: To determine the level of blood pressure (BP) control in hypertensive diabetic patients treated in primary care and to determine the factors associated with poor control.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional, multicentre study that enrolled hypertensive diabetics recruited by consecutive sampling by family doctors in Spain in June 2010. A mean BP of less than 140/90mmHg was considered as good control of arterial hypertension.

Cardiovascular risk profile of young hypertensive patients: the OPENJOVEN study.

Background: Knowledge of the hypertensive patient's characteristics is an important aspect to improve its clinical handling. Because of the burden that the patients of advanced age suppose in primary care, few data exist about the youngest patient's cardiovascular profile.

Objective: To describe the cardiovascular profile of the young hypertensive patient (<55 years) in primary care in Spain.