Table 7 Challenges and areas for research about screening and treatment of hypertension among older adults
From: Screening and treatment of hypertension in older adults: less is more?
1. How to screen for hypertension among older adults? At what frequency? In which setting? Universal vs targeted screening? | |
2. What are the benefits and harms of lowering BP among older adults? What is the effect notably on the quality of life? | |
3. What are the characteristics of the oldest-old whose high BP is associated with favorable health outcomes? | |
4. What is the relationship between frailty and BP, and what are the consequences of this relationship on the prescription of treatment? | |
5. Can some factors (frailty, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, orthostatic hypotension) in older age be an argument for deprescribing of antihypertensive drugs? |