Why the study?
Do patients have greater confidence in home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring compared to office measurements for assessing their usual blood pressure?
Population
193 adults aged 30 years or older who had undergone office blood pressure measurements, two sessions of 24-h…
Comparison
Home blood pressure monitoring and ambulatory… vs Office (clinic) blood pressure measurements
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May inform BP monitoring choices by patient preference; leaves open effects on adherence or outcomes.
Do patients have greater confidence in home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring compared to office measurements for assessing their usual blood pressure?
Patients have significantly higher confidence in home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring than in office measurements, which may help guide strategies to improve hypertension diagnosis and medication adherence.
Viera et al. (2015) studied this question.
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