Prescription patterns of antihypertensive drugs in a community-health centre in Mexico. A drug utilization study

Study type

• Study topic:
  Human medicinal product
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Drug utilisation
• Data collection methods:
  Secondary use of data

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cross-sectional

Study drug and medical condition

• Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code:
  (C02) ANTIHYPERTENSIVES

  ANTIHYPERTENSIVES

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  Over-20 year-old patients diagnosed with hypertension.
• Age groups:
  • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
  • Adults (46 to < 65 years)
  • Adults (65 to < 75 years)
  • Adults (75 to < 85 years)
  • Adults (85 years and over)
• Special population of interest:
  Other
• Special population of interest, other:
  Hypertensive patients
• Estimated number of subjects:
  400

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  To learn antihypertensive drugs’ prescription patterns, and to assess blood pressure control determinants in this population.
• Outcomes:
  Hypertension control
• Data analysis plan:
  A multivariate model will be built to know the main determinants of blood pressure control