Are blood pressure levels taken during a secondary care diabetic clinic likely to be higher than when measured in primary care?

Brooks, Caroline J.; Tang, Ting S.; Ford, David V.; Lyons, Ronan A.; Price, David E.; Bain, Stephen C.; Stephens, Jeffrey W.

doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2009.06.001

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Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 193-195, August 2009

Are blood pressure levels taken during a secondary care diabetic clinic likely to be higher than when measured in primary care?

Caroline J. Brooks
- HIRU (Health Information Research Unit), Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 1792 602146; fax: +44 1792 513430.
Ting S. Tang
- Diabetes Research Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
David V. Ford
- HIRU (Health Information Research Unit), Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
Ronan A. Lyons
- HIRU (Health Information Research Unit), Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
David E. Price
- Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, ABM University NHS Trust, Swansea, Wales, UK
Stephen C. Bain
- Diabetes Research Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
- Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, ABM University NHS Trust, Swansea, Wales, UK
Jeffrey W. Stephens
- Diabetes Research Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
- Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, ABM University NHS Trust, Swansea, Wales, UK

Received 15 May 2009; accepted 3 June 2009. published online 13 July 2009.

Abstract

Blood pressure management guidelines are widely available. Our aim was to examine differences in blood pressure on the same subjects in primary and secondary care. We identified 661 diabetic subjects with measurements with the aid of the SAIL databank. Blood pressure in primary care was significantly lower than secondary care.

Keywords: Diabetes, Hypertension, Electronic data capture