Why the study?
Hypertension guidelines recommend home blood pressure monitoring for persistent suboptimal readings, but it is unclear how patients with limited health literacy perform it to assist blood pressure control.
Does health literacy or educational level affect the quality of home blood pressure monitoring in hypertensive patients?
Comparison
Health literacy or educational level categories
Design
Systematic review following PRISMA guidelines
Authors
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Structured education enables high-quality HBPM regardless of literacy; supports routine implementation and further intervention optimization trials.
Does health literacy or educational level affect the quality of home blood pressure monitoring in hypertensive patients?
Structured educational interventions can enable high-quality home blood pressure monitoring in hypertensive patients regardless of their baseline health literacy or educational level.
Fu et al. (2020) studied this question.
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