Non-Targeted Self-Measurement of Blood Pressure: Association with Self-Medication, Unscheduled Emergency Visits and Anxiety

Non-Targeted Self-Measurement of Blood Pressure: Association with Self-Medication, Unscheduled Emergency Visits and Anxiety

<i>Background and Objective:</i> The routine practice of self-medication of blood pressure (BP) not oriented with pulse devices may not be precisely useful in the control of BP and can lead the patient to self-medicate in error. Thus, we need to evaluate the non-oriented self-assessment...

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Main Authors: Glessiane de Oliveira Almeida, Felipe J. Aidar, Dihogo Gama de Matos, Paulo Francisco de Almeida-Neto, Enaldo Vieira de Melo, José Augusto Soares Barreto Filho, Marcos Antonio Almeida-Santos, Victor Batista Oliveira, Rebeca Rocha de Almeida, Suelen Maiara dos Santos, Larissa Monteiro Costa Pereira, Juliana Santos Barbosa, Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Medicina
Subjects:
systemic arterial hypertension
self-measurement
self-medication
anxiety
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/57/1/75

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