Nurse led interventions to improve control of blood pressure in people with hypertension: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7771, 2010, Pages 491-

  Clark, Christopher E ^a   Smith, Lindsay F P ^a   Taylor, Rod S ^a   Campbell, John L ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SELF MONITORING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956281329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3995     Document Type: Review

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