The potency of team-based care interventions for hypertension: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Team-based care is the strategy that has had the greatest effect on improving blood pressure (BP). The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the potency of interventions for BP involving nurses or pharmacists.

Methods

A MEDLINE search for controlled clinical trials that involved a nurse or pharmacist intervention was conducted. Mean reductions in systolic (S) and diastolic (D) BP were determined by 2 reviewers who independently abstracted data and classified the different intervention components.

Results

Thirty-seven articles met the inclusion criteria. Education about BP medications was significantly associated with a reduction in mean BP (-8.75/-3.60 mm Hg). Other strategies that had large effect sizes on SBP include pharmacist treatment reco

SUBMITTER: Carter BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2882164 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature