Primary care physician beliefs and practices regarding blood pressure measurement: results from BP-CHECK qualitative interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early identification and control of hypertension is critical to reducing cardiovascular disease events and death. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend health care professionals screen all adults for hypertension, yet 1 in 4 adults with hypertension are unaware of their condition. This gap between guidelines and clinical practices highlights an important opportunity to improve blood pressure (BP) screening and hypertension diagnosis, including measurement outside of clinic settings. To identify targets for future diagnostic interventions, we sought to understand primary care physicians' (PCPs) beliefs and practices regarding use of common forms of BP measurement.

Methods

Study participants were PCPs (N = 27) who had patients enrolled in the BP-C

SUBMITTER: Hsu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9874175 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature