Table 4.
Preferences for ABPM and HBPM
| Preference rationale | ABPM | HBPM | Representative quote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider set-upPatients believed the in-person provider set-up offered by ABPM would benefit patients. | X | “I’d try the 24 hours also, because you have someone who really knows you understand, how to really put it on you correctly.”—Focus Group 4 (English) | |
| Cost Patients expressed willingness to participate in ABPM due to Medicare coverage. |
X | “I would have the [24-hour] machine…Medicare pays for that.”—Focus Group 4 (English) | |
| Validity Patients believed that ABPM would provide a more accurate reading of a patient’s blood pressure. |
X | “I think the 24-hour monitoring system is more precise.”—Focus Group 3 (Spanish) | |
| Automated readings Patients reported that the automated readings of ABPM would be “easy,” while patients would have to modify their behavior to successfully complete HBPM. |
X | “I would choose the 24-hour monitoring because it’s faster, shorter. I don’t have to worry about doing it myself.”—Focus Group 2 (Spanish) | |
| Discomfort Patients expressed concern over the number and timing of blood pressure readings taken during ABPM test. |
X | “I think for me I would choose the home...The 24-hour one I think would be a little aggravating on my medium nerves after a while.”—Focus Group 1 (English) | |
| Convenience Patients believed that ABPM and HBPM offer patients with a different set of conveniences. |
X | X | “I would choose the 24-hour monitoring…Because I would put it on and take it off after 24 hours.”—Focus Group 2 (Spanish) |
| “I would prefer the home one…because…you just take it…And then it’s gone. You get away and then you come and take it. For me home is better.”—Focus Group 1 (English) | |||
| Additional testing benefits Patients felt that ABPM and HBPM testing would result in additional patient benefits. |
X | X | “If I knew there were a few things that annoyed me or how going up and down the stairs affects me…[it] would make me more a little bit more involved...”—Focus Group 4 (English) |
| “And 24-hours you can pay for it and then you cannot keep it, but this one [HBPM] you paying for it [the device] and you keep it.”—Focus Group 2 (Spanish) |
Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; HBPM, home blood pressure monitoring; X, test preference.