Open AccessThe Role of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hypertension Control
Author(s) -
Kaufman Judy Possidente,
Roberts Sandra Ongaro
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2001.00450.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , affect (linguistics) , intensive care medicine , health care , tracking (education) , hypertension treatment , control (management) , emergency medicine , environmental health , management , psychology , pedagogy , philosophy , linguistics , economics , economic growth
Hypertension is estimated to affect as many as 50 million adults in the United States. Despite nationally developed, evidence‐based guidelines for care and the availability of numerous effective medications for the treatment of hypertension, control rates for this condition remain very low. Only 21%–27% of diagnosed patients in the United States are controlled to blood pressure levels of <140/90 mm Hg. 1 Factors contributing to the poor hypertension control rate include adherence issues, variation in provider practice patterns, and the lack of a systematic approach to tracking and maintaining blood pressure control. Home monitoring combined with systematic treatment and follow‐up by skilled health care professionals can have a positive impact in all three of these areas.