Schedules for Self-monitoring Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-monitoring of blood pressure better predicts prognosis than clinic measurement, is popular with patients, and endorsed in hypertension guidelines. However, there is uncertainty over the optimal self-monitoring schedule. We therefore aimed to determine the optimum schedule to predict future cardiovascular events and determine "true" underlying blood pressure.

Methods

Six electronic databases were searched from November 2009 (updating a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [NICE] systematic review) to April 2017. Studies that compared aspects of self-monitoring schedules to either prognosis or reliability/reproducibility in hypertensive adults were included. Data on study and population characteristics, self-monitoring regime, and outcomes were ext

SUBMITTER: Hodgkinson JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420684 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature