Key result
Home blood pressure monitoring improves blood pressure control, diagnoses white-coat hypertension, and predicts cardiovascular risk compared with office-based monitoring.
Why the study?
Does home blood pressure monitoring improve BP control and cardiovascular risk prediction compared to office-based monitoring in patients with hypertension?
Does home blood pressure monitoring improve BP control and cardiovascular risk prediction compared to office-based monitoring in patients with hypertension?
Home blood pressure monitoring is a recommended, cost-effective tool that improves BP control and risk prediction compared to office-based monitoring, with new cuff technologies improving reading accuracy.
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May support hypertension management; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm outcome benefits.
Thomas M. MacDonald (2015) conducted a review in Hypertension. Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) vs. Office-based monitoring and 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) was evaluated. Home blood pressure monitoring improves blood pressure control, diagnoses white-coat hypertension, and predicts cardiovascular risk compared with office-based monitoring.
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