Is self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy safe and effective?

James A. Hodgkinson; Katherine L. Tucker; Carole Crawford; Sheila M. Greenfield; Carl Heneghan; Lisa Hinton; Khalid Khan; Louise Locock; Lucy Mackillop; Christine McCourt; Mary Selwood; Richard J. McManus

doi:10.1136/bmj.g6616

Is self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy safe and effective?

James A. Hodgkinson, Katherine L. Tucker, Carole Crawford, Sheila M. Greenfield, Carl Heneghan, Lisa Hinton, Khalid Khan, Louise Locock, Lucy Mackillop, Christine McCourt, Mary Selwood, Richard J. McManus

Health Services Research Unit (HSRU)

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Abstract

Guidelines encourage the use of self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy, and research suggests that women prefer it. But Hodgkinson and colleagues explain that our enthusiasm may run ahead of the evidence and call for more research before it is routinely adopted.

Original language	English
Article number	g6616
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Volume	349
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g6616
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2014

Bibliographical note

This article forms part of a larger study of blood pressure monitoring in
pregnancy funded by the NIHR National School of Primary Care. We
acknowledge the support of the NIHR Oxford Collaboration for
Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, and the invaluable
contribution of Tricia Carver, Margaret Glogowska, and Ursula Saunders,
patient representatives, in discussions relating to this review. We thank
Jim Thornton and Lucy Chappell, who reviewed a previous version of
this article.

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