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) | Â |
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) |