Disruption in Blood Pressure Control With the COVID-19 Pandemic: The PCORnet Blood Pressure Control Laboratory.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore trends in blood pressure (BP) control before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients and methods

Health systems participating in the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) Blood Pressure Control Laboratory Surveillance System responded to data queries, producing 9 BP control metrics. Averages of the BP control metrics (weighted by numbers of observations in each health system) were calculated and compared between two 1-year measurement periods (January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, and January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020).

Results

Among 1,770,547 hypertensive persons in 2019, BP control to <140/<90 mm Hg varied across 24 health systems (range, 46%-74%). Reduced BP control occurred in most health systems with

SUBMITTER: Chamberlain AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9874044 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature