title: Pharmacists' awareness and attitude toward blood pressure measurement at home and in the pharmacy in Japan.
abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the status of Japanese pharmacists' awareness and attitude toward blood pressure (BP) measurement at home (HBP) and in the pharmacy. Of the 708 community pharmacists and the 117 hospital pharmacists, more than 90% of pharmacists answered that HBP was equally important to or more important than clinic BP, 71.9% (community) and 48.7% (hospital) recommended HBP measurement to the hypertensive patients, and about 15% correctly recognized the reference values of HBP hypertension. Among community pharmacists, 54.0% answered that BP-measuring devices were available in their pharmacy. More aggressive promotion of HBP measurement among pharmacists is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan. dontaku@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obara
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Michihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishikura
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Metoki
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asayama
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kikuya
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Nariyasu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mano
authors.forename: Sentaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oide
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D007564:Japan; D010594:Pharmacies