Assessment of primary healthcare professionals’ management of hypertensive patients with riser pattern

Abstract

Therapeutic changes in riser patients were introduced when these subjects were poorly controlled and these changes were highly effective. Additional ABPM to confirm the effectiveness of therapeutic changes was only performed in some individuals. Thus, for management of riser patients, more specific training of health professionals is needed.

Improving ambulatory blood pressure monitoring knowledge in nurses and doctors: impact of a training intervention

“…33,34 Our study demonstrates that a training intervention can produce excellent outcomes in terms of improved ABPM knowledge, with the associated clinical implications. 6,35 Insofar as limitations of this study are concerned, we do not know what results may have been obtained with a different kind of training from the two-hour practical workshop, which was pragmatically considered to be the most suitable form of training in the context of a conference on HTN. There is also a probability of bias arising from the fact that workshop attendees were professionals with a special interest in ABPM; nonetheless, it is undoubtedly important that ABPM implementation be led by motivated individuals.…”

“…33,34 Our study demonstrates that a training intervention can produce excellent outcomes in terms of improved ABPM knowledge, with the associated clinical implications. 6,35…”