Does monitoring goal progress promote goal attainment? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence.

B Harkin, TL Webb, BPI Chang, A Prestwich… - Psychological …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Control theory and other frameworks for understanding self-regulation suggest that
monitoring goal progress is a crucial process that intervenes between setting and attaining a …

Interventions to improve medication adherence in hypertensive patients: systematic review and meta-analysis

VS Conn, TM Ruppar, JAD Chase, M Enriquez… - Current hypertension …, 2015 - Springer
This systematic review applied meta-analytic procedures to synthesize medication
adherence interventions that focus on adults with hypertension. Comprehensive searching …

Self-measured blood pressure monitoring in the management of hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K Uhlig, K Patel, S Ip, GD Kitsios… - Annals of internal …, 2013 - acpjournals.org
Background: Clinical guidelines recommend that adults with hypertension self-monitor their
blood pressure (BP). Purpose: To summarize evidence about the effectiveness of self …

Improving blood pressure control through pharmacist interventions: a meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

V Santschi, A Chiolero, AL Colosimo… - Journal of the …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Control of blood pressure (BP) remains a major challenge in primary care.
Innovative interventions to improve BP control are therefore needed. By updating and …

Essential hypertension

JA Staessen, J Wang, G Bianchi, WH Birkenhäger - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
Hypertension is a frequent, chronic, age-related disorder, which often entails debilitating
cardiovascular and renal complications. Blood pressure is usually noted in combination with …

Interventions used to improve control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension

LG Glynn, AW Murphy, SM Smith… - Cochrane database …, 2010 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Patients with high blood pressure (hypertension) in the community frequently
fail to meet treatment goals‐a condition labelled as" uncontrolled" hypertension. The optimal …

Pathophysiology and types of burns

S Hettiaratchy, P Dziewulski - Bmj, 2004 - bmj.com
Understanding the pathophysiology of a burn injury is important for effective management. In
addition, different causes lead to different injury patterns, which require different …

Role of home blood pressure monitoring in overcoming therapeutic inertia and improving hypertension control: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Agarwal, JE Bills, TJW Hecht, RP Light - Hypertension, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Hypertension remains the most common modifiable cardiovascular risk factor, yet
hypertension control rates remain dismal. Home blood pressure (BP) monitoring has the …

Call to action on use and reimbursement for home blood pressure monitoring: a joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American Society of …

TG Pickering, NH Miller, G Ogedegbe, LR Krakoff… - …, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) overcomes many of the limitations of traditional
office blood pressure (BP) measurement and is both cheaper and easier to perform than …

Interventions for improving medication‐taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications

AJ Cross, RA Elliott, K Petrie… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Older people taking multiple medications represent a large and growing
proportion of the population. Managing multiple medications can be challenging, and this is …