Key result
Patients used waiting room blood pressure monitors to fill time, assist their doctor, or avoid white-coat syndrome, while barriers included lack of awareness, technique uncertainty, and privacy concerns.
Why the study?
What are the reasons why patients use or do not use blood pressure self-screening facilities in general practice waiting rooms?
Cross-Sectional (n=30)
Yes
What are the reasons why patients use or do not use blood pressure self-screening facilities in general practice waiting rooms?
Blood pressure self-screening in GP waiting rooms is acceptable to patients and empowers those with hypertension, though better promotion is needed to overcome barriers like lack of awareness and public measurement anxiety.
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May inform strategies to overcome barriers to waiting room BP monitoring; leaves open effects on hypertension outcomes.
Tompson et al. (2017) conducted a cross-sectional in General public (hypertension screening) (n=30). Blood pressure self-screening facilities was evaluated on Reasons for using or not using BP self-screening facilities. Patients used waiting room blood pressure monitors to fill time, assist their doctor, or avoid white-coat syndrome, while barriers included lack of awareness, technique uncertainty, and privacy concerns.
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