Medical Xpress July 19, 2024
When it comes to helping patients with high blood pressure get their hypertension under control, a new Tulane University study finds that pharmacists and community health workers have the best success rates.
The study, published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, analyzed data from 100 hypertension trials around the world and compared blood pressure reductions by the type of health care professionals who led the interventions.
While interventions led by nurses, physicians and multiple health care professionals still significantly reduced blood pressure for patients, pharmacists achieved the greatest improvements, followed by community health workers.
Interventions in both clinical and community settings can effectively treat hypertension—the leading preventable cause of early death in the world—particularly in communities where financial and geographical...
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