학술논문

OPTIMA-BP: empOwering PaTients in MAnaging Blood Pressure – protocol for a randomised parallel group study comparing use of Kvatchii web-based patient education portal as an addition to home blood pressure monitoring
Document Type
article
Source
Open Heart, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2024)
Subject
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
Language
English
ISSN
2053-3624
Abstract
Introduction Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is implicated in half of all strokes and myocardial infarctions. One-third of the adults in Scotland have hypertension yet only a quarter of them have their blood pressure (BP) controlled to target (