There's No Place Like Home to Diagnose Hypertension

[Aletti]

Adults who need to track their blood pressure (BP) to find out if they have hypertension prefer to do it at home rather than at a clinic or kiosk or with a 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), according to a new study. From a patient-centered perspective, home BP monitoring is the most acceptable method for diagnosing hypertension, although participants were willing to complete ABPM and appreciated its accuracy

[Madhuri]

@aletti Healthcare professionals should work toward relying less on in-clinic visits to diagnose hypertension and supporting their patients in taking their blood pressure measurements at home