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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols

Date Submitted: Jun 28, 2020
Date Accepted: Jul 30, 2021

The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Design and Rationale of the National Observational Multicentric Tunisian Registry of Hypertension: Protocol for Evaluating Hypertensive Patient Care in Clinical Practice

Abid L, Hammami R, Abdesselem S, Ben Slima H, Sayahi K, Bahloul MA, Chatmouri I, Charfeddine S, Rais L, Kaab B, Ben Fatma L, Garbaa R, Allouche E, Ben Halima M, Amdouni N, Boukhris S, Ghorbel C, Soudani S, Khaled I, Triki S, Bouazizi F, Jemai I, Boudiche S, Abdeljalil O, Ammar Y, Farah A, Neji A, Oumayma Z, Seghaier S, Mokrani S, Thawaba H, Sarray H, Ouaghlani K, Thabet H, Mnif Z, Boujelban F, Sghaier M, Khalifa R, Fourati S, Kammoun Y, Abid S, Hamza C, Ben Jeddou S, Sabbah L, Lakhdhar R, Razgallah R, Dammak N, Zakhama L, Sellami T, Koubaa A, Herbegue B, Mourali MS, Boudiche S, Addad F

Design and Rationale of the National Observational Multicentric Tunisian Registry of Hypertension: Protocol for Evaluating Hypertensive Patient Care in Clinical Practice

JMIR Res Protoc 2022;11(9):e21878

DOI: 10.2196/21878

PMID: 36053572

PMCID: 9482066

Design and rationale of NATURE-HTN: A NAtional observational, multicentric Tunisian REgistry of HyperTensioN

  • Leila Abid; 
  • Rania Hammami; 
  • Salem Abdesselem; 
  • Hedi Ben Slima; 
  • Khaled Sayahi; 
  • Mohamed Amine Bahloul; 
  • Ikram Chatmouri; 
  • Selma Charfeddine; 
  • Lamia Rais; 
  • Badr Kaab; 
  • Lilia Ben Fatma; 
  • Riadh Garbaa; 
  • Emna Allouche; 
  • Manel Ben Halima; 
  • Nesrine Amdouni; 
  • Sabrine Boukhris; 
  • Chaima Ghorbel; 
  • Sabrine Soudani; 
  • Imen Khaled; 
  • Syrine Triki; 
  • Feten Bouazizi; 
  • Imen Jemai; 
  • Slim Boudiche; 
  • Ouday Abdeljalil; 
  • Yemna Ammar; 
  • Amani Farah; 
  • Adnen Neji; 
  • Zeineb Oumayma; 
  • Sana Seghaier; 
  • Samir Mokrani; 
  • Hamza Thawaba; 
  • Hela Sarray; 
  • Khalil Ouaghlani; 
  • Houssem Thabet; 
  • Zeineb Mnif; 
  • Fatma Boujelban; 
  • Mohamed Sghaier; 
  • Roueida Khalifa; 
  • Sami Fourati; 
  • Yasmin Kammoun; 
  • Syrine Abid; 
  • Chihab Hamza; 
  • Syrine Ben Jeddou; 
  • Lassaad Sabbah; 
  • Rim Lakhdhar; 
  • Rabie Razgallah; 
  • Najla Dammak; 
  • Lilia Zakhama; 
  • Tarek Sellami; 
  • Alia Koubaa; 
  • Basma Herbegue; 
  • Mohamed Sami Mourali; 
  • Selim Boudiche; 
  • Faouzi Addad

ABSTRACT

Background:

The present study was designed to evaluate the care of hypertensive patients in daily clinical practice in public and private centers in all Tunisian regions.

Objective:

It will allow us to have an overview of the hypertension management in Tunisia and the degree of adherence of Practioneers to international recommendations.

Methods:

This is a national, observational, cross-sectional, and multicenter study that will include patients older than 18 years with hypertension for duration of 4 weeks, managed in public sector from primary and secondary care centers as well patients as patients managed in private sector. Every patient signed a consent form. The study will exclude patients undergoing dialysis. The parameters that will be evaluated are demographic and anthropometric data, lifestyle habits, BP levels, lipid profile, treatment and adherence to treatment. The data are collected via the DACIMA Clinical Suite® web interface.

Results:

The study begun on April 15 2019 and ended on May 15, 2019. We included during this period, 25890 patients suffering from hypertension. Three hundred twenty one investigators from 24 Tunisian districts participated in the collection of data. The investigators were doctors working in both private and public sectors.

Conclusions:

Observational studies are very useful in improving the management of hypertension in developing countries. Clinical Trial: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04013503.


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Abid L, Hammami R, Abdesselem S, Ben Slima H, Sayahi K, Bahloul MA, Chatmouri I, Charfeddine S, Rais L, Kaab B, Ben Fatma L, Garbaa R, Allouche E, Ben Halima M, Amdouni N, Boukhris S, Ghorbel C, Soudani S, Khaled I, Triki S, Bouazizi F, Jemai I, Boudiche S, Abdeljalil O, Ammar Y, Farah A, Neji A, Oumayma Z, Seghaier S, Mokrani S, Thawaba H, Sarray H, Ouaghlani K, Thabet H, Mnif Z, Boujelban F, Sghaier M, Khalifa R, Fourati S, Kammoun Y, Abid S, Hamza C, Ben Jeddou S, Sabbah L, Lakhdhar R, Razgallah R, Dammak N, Zakhama L, Sellami T, Koubaa A, Herbegue B, Mourali MS, Boudiche S, Addad F

Design and Rationale of the National Observational Multicentric Tunisian Registry of Hypertension: Protocol for Evaluating Hypertensive Patient Care in Clinical Practice

JMIR Res Protoc 2022;11(9):e21878

DOI: 10.2196/21878

PMID: 36053572

PMCID: 9482066

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