Only around half of the individuals with hypertension or conditions linked to blood pressure regularly monitor, but guidelines from healthcare professionals encourage older adults to do so at home more often. According to a recent survey, only 48% of individuals between the ages of 50 and 80 who
Regularly checking blood pressure could play an important role in helping patients live longer and maintain heart and brain health.
A somewhat greater percentage — still only 62% — claim that they were advised to perform these tests by a healthcare professional. Respondents who reported that their providers had advised them to monitor their blood pressure at home were three and a half times more likely to do so than those who did not recollect receiving such advice.
The poll, based at the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and supported by Michigan Medicine and AARP, asked adults aged 50 to 80 about their chronic health conditions, blood pressure monitoring outside of clinic settings, and interactions with health providers about blood pressure. Study authors Mellanie V. Springer, M.D., M.S., of the Michigan Medicine Department of Neurology, and Deborah Levine, M.D., M.P.H.
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