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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Interventions for Improved Blood Pressure Control – When Used Alone

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: June 2015

Workgroups: Heart Disease and Stroke Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends self-measured blood pressure monitoring interventions when used alone to improve blood pressure outcomes in patients with high blood pressure. Interventions support and train patients to use validated — usually automated — blood pressure monitoring devices in familiar settings, typically their homes. Patients share blood pressure readings with their healthcare providers, often with team-based care, and these measurements are monitored and used in treatment decisions. 

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Objectives related to this resource (3)

Improve cardiovascular health in adults — HDS‑01
Little or no detectable change
Increase control of high blood pressure in adults — HDS‑05
LHI label
Baseline only
Increase the proportion of adults who use IT to track health care data or communicate with providers — HC/HIT‑07
Target met or exceeded

Suggested Citation

1.

Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2015). Heart disease and stroke prevention: self-measured blood pressure monitoring interventions for improved blood pressure control – when used alone. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/cardiovascular-disease-self-measured-blood-pressure-when-used-alone