Why the study?
Does ownership of a home sphygmomanometer improve blood pressure control in hypertensive patients?
Population
5,437 adults in Turkey, including 1,650 hypertensive subjects.
Comparison
Ownership of a home sphygmomanometer. vs Non-ownership of a home sphygmomanometer.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Low HBPM ownership in developing countries warrants education efforts; leaves open validation and adherence questions for prospective study.
Does ownership of a home sphygmomanometer improve blood pressure control in hypertensive patients?
Owning a home sphygmomanometer is associated with significantly lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure among aware hypertensive patients, supporting its role as a self-management tool.
Akpolat et al. (2018) studied this question.
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