Key result
Participants identified out-of-pocket costs, intrusiveness, and validity concerns as barriers to ABPM and HBPM, but overwhelmingly believed testing benefits outweighed these barriers.
Why the study?
What are the patient barriers and facilitators to ambulatory and home blood pressure monitoring in underserved communities?
What are the patient barriers and facilitators to ambulatory and home blood pressure monitoring in underserved communities?
Patients from underserved communities generally view out-of-office blood pressure monitoring favorably, though they have specific concerns regarding intrusiveness, device reliability, and out-of-pocket costs.
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May support uptake of out-of-office BP monitoring in underserved communities; leaves open how best to address cost and validity barriers.
Carter et al. (2018) studied Elevated office blood pressure (n=20). Ambulatory and home blood pressure monitoring was evaluated on Barriers and facilitators to participation in ABPM and HBPM. Participants identified out-of-pocket costs, intrusiveness, and validity concerns as barriers to ABPM and HBPM, but overwhelmingly believed testing benefits outweighed these barriers.
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