From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of guidelines for antihypertensive care in Finland
Clinical practice according to the ACCG | Clinical practice prior to the publication of the ACCG |
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prevention | prevention |
   systematic counselling on health-related lifestyle choices if SBP is 130–139 mmHg and/or DBP 85–89 mmHg |    a somewhat non-systematic approach |
diagnosis | diagnosis |
   - BP measurements performed according to guideline specifications |    - variations in BP measurement practices |
   - calculation of CHD risk profiles |    - other CHD risk factors not fully incorporated |
treatment | treatment |
   provide lifestyle counselling and considered initiation of pharmacological therapies with a stepwise approach |    commonly pharmacological therapy, often without lifestyle counselling |