Overcoming barriers to hypertension control in African Americans
Taiye Odedosu, Antoinette Schoenthaler, Dorice L Vieira, Charles Agyemang, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Taiye Odedosu, Antoinette Schoenthaler, Dorice L Vieira, Charles Agyemang, Gbenga Ogedegbe
Abstract
Barriers to blood pressure control exist at the patient, physician, and system levels. We review the current evidence for interventions that target patient- and physician-related barriers, such as patient education, home blood pressure monitoring, and computerized decision-support systems for physicians, and we emphasize the need for more studies that address the effectiveness of these interventions in African American patients.
Source: PubMed