Home blood pressure reading more accurate than at hospital
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Blood pressure monitoring is very important and their measurements routinely taken at home are more likely to provide the basis for accurate diagnoses of hypertension than those taken in a clinic setting, according to a new study led by Kaiser Permanente investigators.
The findings come from a randomized controlled trial of 510 adults who visited one of 12 Kaiser Permanente primary care centers in Western Washington between 2017 and 2019 published today in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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Home Blood Pressure Reading More Accurate Than One Taken At Clinic
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