Table 2.
Focus group patient and physician participant characteristics
| Characteristicsa | Patients | Physicians |
|---|---|---|
| N | 16 | 24 |
| Gender—% (N) | ||
| Female | 62 (10) | 33 (8) |
| Male | 38 (6) | 67 (16) |
| Age—M (SD) | 59 (17.6) | 48 (13.6) |
| Race—% (N) | ||
| White | 88 (14) | 92 (22) |
| Black / African American | 6 (1) | 4 (1) |
| Other | 6 (1) | 4 (1) |
| Ethnicity—% (N) | ||
| Latino / Latina | 0 | 0 |
| Education (patients—% (N) | ||
| Some college or greater | 62 (10) | |
| High school or GED | 19 (3) | |
| Less than high school | 19 (3) | |
| Years in practice (physicians—% (N) | ||
| Less than 5 years | 29 (7) | |
| 6–20 years | 33 (8) | |
| 21–30 years | 21 (5) | |
| More than 30 years | 17 (4) | |
| Attitudes—% (N) | ||
| Patient beliefs about use of their home blood pressure | ||
| Physician has nurse/clinic staff person to enter into my record | 13 (2) | |
| We talk about it during my visit | 38 (6) | |
| I do not believe they do anything with the information | 7 (1) | |
| I don’t know / Other | 13 (2) | |
| Not applicable / No response | 33 (4) | |
| Physician beliefs about graphing blood pressure data | ||
| Not at all or not very helpful | 4 (1) | |
| Somewhat helpful | 29 (7) | |
| Very or extremely helpful | 63 (15) | |
| No response | 4 (1) | |
| Behaviors—% (N) | ||
| Patient takes home blood pressure | 75 (12) | |
| Patient records home blood pressure | ||
| No | 25 (3) | |
| On paper | 50 (6) | |
| Special cuff | 25 (3) | |
| Physician recording of home blood pressure into EHR (all that apply) | ||
| Upload or dictate all values into my clinical notes | 25 (6) | |
| Summarize the range or average in my clinical note | 58 (14) | |
| Scan the data into patient chart | 25 (6) | |
| Get help from other profession staff or nurse | 25 (6) | |
| Do not input the data into the electronic record | 8 (2) | |
| Other | 8 (2) | |
| Physician shares view of patient blood pressure data in EHR | ||
| Sometimes / Often / Always | 50 (8) | 50 (12) |
| Rarely / Never | 31 (5) | 46 (11) |
| I don’t know / No response | 19 (3) | 4 (1) |
| Physician graphs patient blood pressure during visit | ||
| Sometimes / Often / Always | 13 (2) | 50 (12) |
| Rarely / Never | 31 (5) | 46 (11) |
| I don’t know / No response | 19 (3) | 4 (1) |
| Physician uses of home blood pressure data (all that apply) | ||
| Review overall control | 92 (22) | |
| Determine the need for treatment | 88 (21) | |
| Encourage dialog and communication | 83 (20) | |
| Encourage shared decision making | 88 (21) | |
| Finalize a treatment plan | 83 (20) | |
aResponse options included additional categories. Only those reported by participants are included here