Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 3 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 4 University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center Inc, Quezon City, Philippines
  • 5 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
  • 6 Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei Health System, Seoul, Korea
  • 7 Faculty of Cardiology Service, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seongdong, Seoul, Korea
  • 8 Punjab Medical Center, Jail Road, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 9 Department of Medicine, Medical Center Manila, Ermita, Manila, Philippines
  • 10 Department Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Harapan Kita, University of Indonesia-National Cardiovascular Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 11 Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India
  • 12 Department of General Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
  • 13 Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 14 Department of Hypertension, Centre for Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials, The Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
  • 15 Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Division of Neurology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 16 Divisions of Hypertension and Heart Failure, Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich), 2017 Nov;19(11):1192-1201.
PMID: 28815840 DOI: 10.1111/jch.13058

Abstract

Hypertension represents a major burden in Asia, with a high prevalence rate but poor level of awareness and control reported in many countries in the region. Home blood pressure monitoring has been validated as an accurate and reliable measure of blood pressure that can help guide hypertension treatment as well as identify masked and white-coat hypertension. Despite its benefits, there has been limited research into home blood pressure monitoring in Asia. The authors reviewed the current evidence on home blood pressure monitoring in Asia, including but not limited to published literature, data presented at congresses, and national hypertension management guidelines to determine the current utilization of home blood pressure monitoring in clinical practice in the region. Public policies to enable greater access to home blood pressure monitoring and its use in clinical care would add considerably to improving hypertension outcomes in Asia.

* Title and MeSH Headings from MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.