TY - JOUR T1 - Review: care assisted by nurses or pharmacists provides better blood pressure control JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 92 LP - 92 DO - 10.1136/ebm.11.3.92 VL - 11 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 2006/06/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/11/3/92.abstract N2 - Fahey T, Schroeder K, Ebrahim S. Educational and organisational interventions used to improve the management of hypertension in primary care: a systematic review. Br J Gen Pract 2005;55:875–82.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text 
 
 Q In patients receiving treatment for hypertension, which organisational or educational strategies are effective for improving blood pressure (BP) control or clinical outcomes? Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ IM/Ambulatory care★★★★★☆☆ Data sources Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Medline, and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (to August 2004); references of relevant studies; and experts in the field. Study selection and assessment randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared interventions aimed at improving BP with no intervention or usual care in patients with treated or untreated essential hypertension and assessed mean systolic (SBP) or diastolic BP (DBP), control of BP, or proportion of patients followed up at clinic. Studies of interventions not intended to increase BP control by organisational or educational means (eg, drug trials) were … ER -