Does blood pressure change in treated hypertensive patients depending on whether it is measured by a physician or a nurse?

Blood Pressure

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 164-168

  Coll de Tuero, Gabriel ^a   Sanmartin Albertos, Maria ^a   Vargas Vila, Susanna ^a   Trèmols Iglesias, Susanna ^a   Zafra, Marc Saez ^b   Barceló Rado, Antonia ^b  

^a Angles Community Health Centre   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Blood pressure; Self measurement; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SELF EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SELF CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 3242793663     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050410033286     Document Type: Article

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