title: Is there a role for nurse-led blood pressure management in primary care?
abstract: Adequate treatment of high blood pressure reduces the risk of strokes and other cardiovascular events, but current treatment in UK general practice is often inadequate. Nurse-led management of people with high blood pressure could lead to improvements due to strict adherence to protocols, agreed target blood pressure, better prescribing and compliance, and regular follow-up. However, a review of the literature shows a lack of robust evidence of the effectiveness of nurse-led hypertension management in primary care. There is a clear need for randomized controlled trials to see if nurse-led management is associated with better blood pressure control than routine care.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice and Primary Care, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK. oakeshot@sghms.ac.uk
authors.forename: Pippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oakeshott
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerry
authors.forename: Angie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cappuccio
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D008297:Male; D011321:Primary Nursing; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology