Janus faces of the white coat effect: Blood pressure not only rises, it may also fall

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 725-728

  Kumpusalo, Esko ^a,b   Teho, A ^a   Laitila, R ^c   Takala, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c A and R Medics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Alarm effect; Alerting effect; Blood pressure; Family medicine; General practice; Relaxing effect; White coat effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF MONITORING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS;

EID: 0036812551     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001475     Document Type: Article

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