A primary care pragmatic cluster randomized trial of the use of home blood pressure monitoring on blood pressure levels in hypertensive patients with above target blood pressure

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-142

  Godwin, Marshall ^a   Lam, Miu ^b   Birtwhistle, Richard ^c   Delva, Dianne ^d   Seguin, Rachelle ^c   Casson, Ian ^c   MacDonald, Susan ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Department of Community Health and Epidemiology ^*  (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home blood pressure monitoring; Hypertension; Pragmatic randomized trials; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GOALS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77950953508     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp094     Document Type: Article

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