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Helping hypertension patients to understand blood pressure readings to improve control

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Helping hypertension patients to understand blood pressure readings to improve control

Yasmina Okan will contribute to a project that has received funding from the USC Roybal Center for Behavioral Interventions in Aging ($ 44,968). The project, led by Prof. Wändi Bruine de Bruin at the University of Southern California, will examine how to help hypertension patients to interpret blood pressure readings and motivate blood pressure control. The team will evaluate the efficacy of different blood pressure communications in a US nationally representative sample of hypertension patients varying in health literacy, age, and socioeconomic status.