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Use of home blood pressure measurement by hypertensive patients in Southern Greece

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Blood pressure (BP) measurement at home (HBPM) is a useful complementary tool to clinic BP measurement in the diagnosis of hypertension. The scope of the present study is to explore the use and the attitudes of Greek hypertensive patients about HBPM attending a hospital-based hypertension clinic.

BP measurement at home (HBPM) is a complementary tool to clinic BP measurement and is helpful for both providing diagnostic information and improving patients′ adherence to treatment.1 An expansion of its use in the population may potentially improve the cost-effectiveness of antihypertensive management. Several studies show an increasing use of HBPM2, 3, 4 during the last decade in Europe. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the use of HBPM and also to explore the attitudes of hypertensive patients attending a hospital-based hypertension clinic in Crete, Southern Greece.

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    H C Lydakis, J Tzinas, E Athousakis & E Mihou

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Lydakis, H., Tzinas, J., Athousakis, E. et al. Use of home blood pressure measurement by hypertensive patients in Southern Greece. J Hum Hypertens 20, 291–293 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001976

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