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Self-monitoring may improve awareness and understanding of blood pressure (BP) for people with pre-hypertension, allowing them to modify their lifestyle risks.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>To determine the fidelity to and utility of a home BP self-monitoring regime in people with pre-hypertension.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>This sub-study is part of a larger prospective, non-randomised feasibility study. Individuals with pre-hypertension were identified via GP records and pharmacy NHS Health Checks in Northwest England. Participants received training for home BP self-monitoring. They were asked to complete two readings (leaving a 5-minute interval) on the first three days of the month for six months, colour-code their readings and take action using a simple algorithm, then send them to the research team within 7 days.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Eighty participants (aged 40\u201379, mean=59) enrolled. The majority were female (n=45, 56%), White British (n=79, 99%), and had not previously monitored their BP (n=55, 69%). Seventy-five (94%) participants completed the training. Sixty-one (81%) received online training and 14 (19%) opted for a face-to-face session. Sixty-one (81%) completed all six months of readings, 51 (68%) also returned them on time. All in-person training participants completed all six months of readings on time. Reasons for non-compliance to the protocol included battery issues, forgetting, and struggling to find a consistent time for readings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Home BP self-monitoring can be feasible and easily implementable for people with pre-hypertension \u2013 however, some barriers were identified.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3399\/bjgp24x738177","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,21]],"date-time":"2024-06-21T01:00:22Z","timestamp":1718931622000},"page":"bjgp24X738177","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Fidelity to and utility of a home blood pressure self-monitoring regime in people with pre-hypertension: results from the REVERSE study"],"prefix":"10.3399","volume":"74","author":[{"given":"Emma","family":"Bray","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lucy","family":"Hives","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Spencer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rachel","family":"Georgiou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Valerio","family":"Benedetto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Clegg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Rutter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Caroline","family":"Watkins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nefyn","family":"Williams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1987","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,20]]},"container-title":["British Journal of General Practice"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/syndication.highwire.org\/content\/doi\/10.3399\/bjgp24X738177","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,4]],"date-time":"2025-06-04T10:11:15Z","timestamp":1749031875000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/bjgp.org\/lookup\/doi\/10.3399\/bjgp24X738177"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2024,6]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"suppl 1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,20]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,6]]}},"alternative-id":["10.3399\/bjgp24X738177"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3399\/bjgp24x738177","relation":{},"ISSN":["0960-1643","1478-5242"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0960-1643","type":"print"},{"value":"1478-5242","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2024,6]]}}}