Key result
Patients prefer 3-day over 7-day BP self-monitoring schedules despite clinician reluctance to recommend specific regimens.
Why the study?
What are the views of patients and healthcare professionals on the optimum schedules for self-monitoring of blood pressure?
What are the views of patients and healthcare professionals on the optimum schedules for self-monitoring of blood pressure?
Patients prefer shorter, flexible 3-day blood pressure self-monitoring schedules, while healthcare professionals are hesitant to recommend a single specific protocol, highlighting the need for individualized approaches.
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May inform individualized BP self-monitoring approaches; leaves open optimal protocols for prospective trials.
Grant et al. (2016) studied Blood pressure self-monitoring (n=66). Self-monitoring of blood pressure schedules was evaluated on Views and experiences of the use of different self-monitoring regimens. Patients preferred a shorter 3-day schedule over a 7-day regimen for blood pressure self-monitoring, while healthcare professionals were reluctant to recommend a specific schedule.
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