Fig. 1.

Patient and physician beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors toward hypertension management. a Physician-reported factors contributing to patients’ failure to achieve blood pressure targets; b patients’ attitudes toward hypertension treatment and their associated behaviors; and c patient-reported lifestyle changes for blood pressure management. BP blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MI myocardial infarction, SBP systolic blood pressure, TV television. ¹Percentage of physicians responding in each category with the answers “very significant” or “significant.” Based on physician question Q21 (Supplementary Document 2; to what extent do you think each of the following patient-derived and disease-related reasons are critical factors that prevent 100% of your patients from achieving the guideline-recommended target? Please select the most appropriate response for each of the following factors [scale ranging from “very significant” to “not significant at all”]). ²Percentage of patients who answered “very applicable” and “somewhat applicable” for each item. Based on the patient screening question SC13 (Supplementary Document 3; Please provide us your thoughts and actions or behaviors regarding antihypertensive treatment. Please select the most appropriate response for each of the following [scale ranging from “very applicable” to “not at all applicable”]). ³Percentage of patients who answered “yes” for each item. Based on patient question Q4 (Supplementary Document 4; what actions do you currently take to manage your blood pressure? Please select all the factors that apply to you from the following options)