Why the study?
Does self-monitoring of blood pressure improve blood pressure control and outcome prediction compared to clinic measurement in hypertensive patients?
Population
Potentially hypertensive individuals and patients with hypertension
Comparison
Electronic self-monitoring of blood pressure vs Clinic blood pressure measurement and ambulatory…
Design
Review
Authors
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May support self-monitoring as ambulatory alternative in hypertension; leaves open confirmation of outcome benefits versus clinic measurement in RCTs.
Does self-monitoring of blood pressure improve blood pressure control and outcome prediction compared to clinic measurement in hypertensive patients?
Self-monitoring of blood pressure is a valid and practical alternative to ambulatory monitoring and is superior to routine clinic measurement for managing hypertension.
Paul L. Padfield (2002) studied this question.
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