Patients’ blood pressure knowledge, perceptions and monitoring practices in community pharmacies

Hypertension is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Despite this, patients often cannot or inaccurately estimate their risk factors.Objectives: In order to improve pharmacist interventions, we sought to: 1) find out patients’ knowledge about blood pressure (BP) and their self- monit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lam JY, Guirguis LM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas 2010-09-01
Series:Pharmacy Practice
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Online Access:http://www.pharmacypractice.org/vol08/03/187-192.htm