PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - T J Peters
AU  - A A Montgomery
AU  - T Fahey
TI  - How accurately do primary health care professionals use cardiovascular risk tables in the management of hypertension?
DP  - 1999 Dec 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 987--988
VI  - 49
IP  - 449
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/49/449/987.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/49/449/987.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract1999 Dec 01; 49
AB  - It has been suggested that use of cardiovascular risk tables in hypertensive patients might improve clinical management. As part of a randomised controlled trial, we evaluated the accuracy of health professionals' use of the New Zealand risk tables in primary care consultations. Chance-corrected agreement between health professionals' assessments of absolute risk was only moderate (weighted kappa = 0.56 at the 12-month follow-up). Inaccurate use of cardiovascular risk tables may be a barrier to effective implementation of research evidence in the management of hypertension.