Final codebook
| Codes | Number of references |
|---|---|
| Exercise and/or diet in progress | 203 |
| Lifestyle changes instructions first | 129 |
| Recent changes | 122 |
| Patient's promise | 25 |
| Expectations | 20 |
| Just wait and see | 5 |
| Scheduled re-evaluation | 277 |
| Referral | 121 |
| Scheduled change | 38 |
| Other specialist's advice | 63 |
| GP's opinion | 45 |
| Selected result | 37 |
| Partial modification | 36 |
| Omission | 33 |
| Minor modification | 24 |
| Other scientific reasons | 13 |
| Doubt on treatment effectiveness | 7 |
| No time | 1 |
| Lifestyle rules | 588 |
| Weight loss | 53 |
| Dietician | 34 |
| Alternate treatment | 11 |
| Adverse effect | 196 |
| Long prescription/polypharmacy | 85 |
| Precautions of use | 69 |
| Insulin | 48 |
| Maximal treatment | 36 |
| Adherence to non-drug treatment | 298 |
| Adherence to drug treatment | 89 |
| Treatment interrupted | 40 |
| Patient's preferences | 123 |
| Psychological profile | 110 |
| Alcohol | 57 |
| Socioprofessional context | 43 |
| Familial context | 29 |
| Stress | 27 |
| Hopeless | 10 |
| Professional risk | 6 |
| Age | 5 |
| Other intercurrent disease | 158 |
| Depressive disorder | 24 |
| Sleep apnoea | 7 |
| Drug-related medical intercurrent event | 30 |
| Non-medical intercurrent event | 119 |
| Organisational issue | 101 |
| Other medical priority | 46 |
| Sleep issues | 6 |
| HBPM unknown procedure | 161 |
| HBPM incorrect procedure | 45 |
| HBPM correct procedure | 26 |
| Recent cardio check-up | 92 |
| ABPM | 23 |
| Echocardiography | 2 |
| Borderline results | 136 |
| Unusual results | 123 |
| ‘Not so bad’ results | 65 |
| Preference for manual device | 71 |
| Inadequate arm cuff | 38 |
| Unreliable measurement device | 19 |
| Preference for another electronic device | 13 |
| Missing results | 44 |
| White coat effect | 36 |
| Circumstances of measurement | 33 |
| Not estimable LDL cholesterol | 15 |
| Preference for self-measured glycaemia | 12 |
| Negotiation | 83 |
| Limitation of instructions | 39 |
| Hierarchical organisation | 29 |
| Confidence | 12 |
| 69 codes | 4764 |
The number of references for a given code represents the number of sections of the initial verbatim allocated to that particular code.ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure measurement; GP, general practitioner; HBPM, home blood pressure measurement; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.