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Table 2 Focus group patient and physician participant characteristics

From: Home blood pressure data visualization for the management of hypertension: designing for patient and physician information needs

Characteristicsa

Patients

Physicians

N

16

24

Gender—% (N)

 Female

62 (10)

33 (8)

 Male

38 (6)

67 (16)

Age—M (SD)

59 (17.6)

48 (13.6)

Race—% (N)

 White

88 (14)

92 (22)

 Black / African American

6 (1)

4 (1)

 Other

6 (1)

4 (1)

Ethnicity—% (N)

 Latino / Latina

0

0

Education (patients—% (N)

 Some college or greater

62 (10)

 

 High school or GED

19 (3)

 

 Less than high school

19 (3)

 

Years in practice (physicians—% (N)

 Less than 5 years

 

29 (7)

 6–20 years

 

33 (8)

 21–30 years

 

21 (5)

 More than 30 years

 

17 (4)

Attitudes—% (N)

Patient beliefs about use of their home blood pressure

 Physician has nurse/clinic staff person to enter into my record

13 (2)

 

 We talk about it during my visit

38 (6)

 

 I do not believe they do anything with the information

7 (1)

 

 I don’t know / Other

13 (2)

 

 Not applicable / No response

33 (4)

 

Physician beliefs about graphing blood pressure data

 Not at all or not very helpful

 

4 (1)

 Somewhat helpful

 

29 (7)

 Very or extremely helpful

 

63 (15)

 No response

 

4 (1)

Behaviors—% (N)

Patient takes home blood pressure

75 (12)

 

Patient records home blood pressure

 No

25 (3)

 

 On paper

50 (6)

 

 Special cuff

25 (3)

 

Physician recording of home blood pressure into EHR (all that apply)

 Upload or dictate all values into my clinical notes

 

25 (6)

 Summarize the range or average in my clinical note

 

58 (14)

 Scan the data into patient chart

 

25 (6)

 Get help from other profession staff or nurse

 

25 (6)

 Do not input the data into the electronic record

 

8 (2)

 Other

 

8 (2)

Physician shares view of patient blood pressure data in EHR

 Sometimes / Often / Always

50 (8)

50 (12)

 Rarely / Never

31 (5)

46 (11)

 I don’t know / No response

19 (3)

4 (1)

Physician graphs patient blood pressure during visit

 Sometimes / Often / Always

13 (2)

50 (12)

 Rarely / Never

31 (5)

46 (11)

 I don’t know / No response

19 (3)

4 (1)

Physician uses of home blood pressure data (all that apply)

 Review overall control

 

92 (22)

 Determine the need for treatment

 

88 (21)

 Encourage dialog and communication

 

83 (20)

 Encourage shared decision making

 

88 (21)

 Finalize a treatment plan

 

83 (20)

  1. aResponse options included additional categories. Only those reported by participants are included here