Journal article
Patient use of blood pressure self-screening facilities in general practice waiting rooms: a qualitative study in the UK
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BACKGROUND: Blood pressure (BP) self-screening, whereby members of the public have access to BP monitoring equipment outside of healthcare consultations, may increase the detection and treatment of hypertension. Currently in the UK such opportunities are largely confined to GP waiting rooms. AIM: To investigate the reasons why people do or do not use BP self-screening facilities. DESIGN AND SETTING: A cross-sectional, qualitative study in Oxfordshire, UK. METHOD: Semi-structured interviews wi...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ National Institute for Health Research
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Funding agency for:
McManus, R
Grant:
NIHR-RP-02–12–015
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British Journal of General Practice Journal website
- Volume:
- 67
- Issue:
- 660
- Pages:
- e467-e473
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-02-07
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1478-5242
- ISSN:
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0960-1643
- Source identifiers:
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694009
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- English
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- pubs:694009
- Deposit date:
- 2017-07-06
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- British Journal of General Practice
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
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Copyright © 2017 British Journal of General Practice.
This is an OpenAccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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