Home blood-pressure monitoring among hypertensive patients in an Asian population

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 559-564

  Tan, Ngiap Chuan ^a   Khin, L W ^b   Pagi, R ^a  

^a SINGHEALTH POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Home blood pressure monitoring; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 21744448533     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001865     Document Type: Article

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