Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Comparative Effectiveness Executive Summary

Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Improves Outcomes: Recommendation of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.

TASK FORCE FINDING The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends self-measured blood pressure monitoring interventions to improve blood pressure outcomes in patients with high blood pressure. There is sufficient evidence of effectiveness for self-measured blood pressure monitoring interventions when used alone (i.e., patients receive self-measured blood pressure tools, training, and m...

Study of Real-Time Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Data Collection for the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting (KASPER) Program Executive Summary

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 Background: Hypertension is a common chronic disease with increasing prevalence worldwide. Regular close monitoring of blood pressure is key point of hypertension management. Home monitoring of blood pressure has its own problems such as lack of early access to a physician in case of emergency. In this study we have designed a device that could send the patient’s self-measured blood pre...

Does self-monitoring reduce blood pressure? Meta-analysis with meta-regression of randomized controlled trials.

INTRODUCTION Self-monitoring of blood pressure (BP) is an increasingly common part of hypertension management. The objectives of this systematic review were to evaluate the systolic and diastolic BP reduction, and achievement of target BP, associated with self-monitoring. METHODS MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane database of systematic reviews, database of abstracts of clinical effectiveness, the hea...

Patient self-monitoring of blood pressure and self-titration of medication in primary care: the TASMINH2 trial qualitative study of health professionals' experiences.

BACKGROUND Self-monitoring with self-titration of antihypertensives leads to reduced blood pressure. Patients are keen on self-monitoring but little is known about healthcare professional views. AIM To explore health professionals' views and experiences of patient self-management, particularly with respect to future implementation into routine care. DESIGN AND SETTING Qualitative study embe...