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What are specialist and primary care clinicians' attitudes and practices regarding home blood pressure monitoring for hypertensive patients?

William C Steinmann, Rebecca Chitima-Matsiga, Sarika Bagree

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Article in Missouri medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Factors impacting electronic patient-generated data use in safety-net systems: a qualitative study.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

William C SteinmannDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine, USA.
Rebecca Chitima-Matsiga
Sarika Bagree

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Practice guidelines recommend home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) in the management of hypertension. We surveyed generalists and subspecialists regarding HBPM attitudes and practices in hypertensive patients. Both use HBPM for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes but question the evidence regarding HBPM efficacy. Standardized implementation and monitoring methods to improve HBPM practices are absent. Both generalists and specialists have concerns about HBPM instrument capabilities and perceive patient physical limitations and negative attitudes as additional barriers to effective blood pressure monitoring outside the office.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelPhysicians, Primary CareBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryHumansHypertensionMissouriPractice Patterns, Physicians'Self CareSelf Efficacy

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PMID22338739
PMCPMC6181695

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