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Barriers to Accurate Blood Pressure Measurement in the Medical Office.

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Correct measurement of BP is affected by a wide range of factors and is challenging to accomplish consistently in primary care, and the findings may inform the design of performance improvement programs to maximize the quality of BP measurement in the outpatient setting.
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Background: Despite the high prevalence of blood pressure (BP) measurement errors in the outpatient setting, little is known about why primary care clinics struggle to achieve consistently accurate...

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Knowledge, perception and practice of health professionals regarding blood pressure measurement methods: a scoping review.

TL;DR: The results of this scoping review demonstrate adequate perception of BPM but suboptimal knowledge and practice and education is still needed to improve knowledge, perception and practice.
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Human Errors in Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurement: Still Room for Improvement.

TL;DR: There is still need for reduction in errors in automated BP assessment, for example, retraining programs and monitoring of assessment procedures, and additional solutions for improving automated BP Assessment in the office and clinic are offered.
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Effectiveness of a targeted and tailored pharmacist-led intervention to improve adherence to antihypertensive drugs among patients with type 2 diabetes in Indonesia: A cluster randomised controlled trial

TL;DR: To assess the effects of a targeted and tailored pharmacist‐led intervention among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) who are nonadherent to antihypertensive drugs, a large number of patients are referred to a specialist pharmacist.
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Effects of Different Rest Period Durations Prior to Blood Pressure Measurement: The Best Rest Trial.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a randomized trial to determine whether a rest period of 3 to 5 minutes before blood pressure (BP) measurement is recommended in hypertension guidelines but can be challenging to implement.
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Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups

TL;DR: The criteria included in COREQ, a 32-item checklist, can help researchers to report important aspects of the research team, study methods, context of the study, findings, analysis and interpretations.
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, +736 more
- 05 Dec 2015 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) as discussed by the authors provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution.
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Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement in Humans and Experimental Animals Part 1: Blood Pressure Measurement in Humans: A Statement for Professionals From the Subcommittee of Professional and Public Education of the American Heart Association Council on High Blood Pressure Research

TL;DR: It is increasingly recognized that office measurements correlate poorly with blood pressure measured in other settings, and that they can be supplemented by self-measured readings taken with validated devices at home, which gives a better prediction of risk than office measurements and is useful for diagnosing white-coat hypertension.
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