Assessing the routine-practice gap for home blood pressure monitoring among Chinese adults with hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) is recommended for diagnosis, treatment adjustment and management of most hypertension cases in hypertension guidelines from multiple countries. This study aimed to evaluate HBPM behaviour and explore the routine-practice gap in HBPM among Chinese adults with hypertension.

Methods

Data were collected from 20 communities across three cities and six townships in three provinces (Beijing, Shandong and Jiangsu) in China between October 2014 and November 2014. In total, 2272 patients with hypertension aged ≥35 years that were registered with a primary health station in their local communities were selected by simple random sampling.

Results

Among the 2272 participants, 45.3% owned a home blood pressure (BP) monitor. In addit

SUBMITTER: Zuo HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7686714 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature