The preliminary guideline was posted on the Hypertension Canada website from Sept. 27, 2024, through Oct. 25, 2024, for external review. Family physicians, pharmacists, nurses, hypertension specialists, and patients and caregivers from across Canada were invited to review the guideline and provide feedback via an online survey with both English and French versions. Requests for feedback were emailed using mailing lists from major national organizations representing these stakeholders (listed in the Acknowledgements section), including requests for patient-specific feedback from established patient-partners from Hypertension Canada and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. We received 143 responses (45 pharmacists, 26 family physicians, 25 other physicians, 19 nurse practitioners, 14 nurses, 10 patients and 4 researchers). The feedback was collated, reviewed, and incorporated to update both the recommendations and HEARTS-derived algorithms (as appropriate) upon collective review by the guideline committee. The responses to frequent comments and questions received are detailed in Appendix 2, available at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.241770/tab-related-content.
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