TY - JOUR T1 - Assessing blood pressure control in patients treated for hypertension: comparing different measurements and targets JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 375 LP - 377 VL - 56 IS - 526 AU - Gillian Manning AU - Andrew Brooks AU - Barbara Slinn AU - Michael W Millar-Craig AU - Richard Donnelly Y1 - 2006/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/526/375.abstract N2 - We examined how different methods and definitions of blood pressure affect the achievement of targets in general practice. There was a wide range in the proportion of treated patients achieving the different target levels recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, British Hypertension Society and the general medical services contract. Among non-diabetic patients this ranged from; 10–37% (average office), 15–39% (standardised nurse measurement), 11–49% (last recorded) and 31–56% (ambulatory blood pressure). Defining targets without a clear definition of how blood pressure should be measured is largely meaningless and ignoring ambulatory blood pressure results in many patients being classified incorrectly as failing to achieve targets. ER -