Coulthard Paul
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University Dental Hospital of Manchester.
Br Dent J. 2002 Sep 14;193(5):269. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801542.
To survey the attitudes, knowledge and practice of general dental practitioners (GDPs) with regard to hypertension in dental patients and to assess opinion with regard to the concept of screening. SETTING:General dental practice. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:GDPs via a postal survey. To achieve an acceptable level of accuracy, at least 196 responses were required. RESULTS:Out of 300 questionnaires, 207 were returned (69% response rate). Most practitioners (98%) had received training in the measurement of blood pressure. Only 4.8% measured blood pressure routinely and this figure rose to 9.2% in patients with a known history of hypertension. Only 27.1% felt that the involvement of dentists in screening for hypertension was a good idea but 85.3% thought that education of practitioners about hypertension would be valuable. CONCLUSION:Most GDPs thought that education of practitioners about hypertension was a good idea. They did not, however, want to be involved with screening of patients for hypertension.
调查普通牙科医生（GDPs）对牙科患者高血压的态度、知识和做法，并评估其对筛查概念的看法。
普通牙科诊所。
通过邮寄调查问卷对普通牙科医生进行调查。为达到可接受的准确性水平，至少需要196份回复。
在300份问卷中，回收了207份（回复率69%）。大多数从业者（98%）接受过血压测量培训。只有4.8%的人常规测量血压，在有高血压病史的患者中这一比例升至9.2%。只有27.1%的人认为牙医参与高血压筛查是个好主意，但85.3%的人认为对从业者进行高血压教育会很有价值。
大多数普通牙科医生认为对从业者进行高血压教育是个好主意。然而，他们不想参与对患者进行高血压筛查。
