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Blood pressure monitoring in psychiatric inpatients with bipolar affective disorder
Author(s) -
Kelbrick Marlene,
Abdaldayim Saydah
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.337
Subject(s) - bipolar disorder , psychiatry , audit , medicine , unit (ring theory) , mental health , blood pressure , compliance (psychology) , psychology , social psychology , cognition , mathematics education , management , economics
People with bipolar affective disorder are at increased risk of hypertension, but cardiovascular health screening practices in mental health services are inconsistent and often sub‐optimal. Here, the authors describe their audit to identify adults with bipolar affective disorder and comorbid hypertension in an acute psychiatric inpatient unit, and to establish the unit's level of compliance with local and national guidelines with regard to blood pressure monitoring.