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Blood Pressure and the U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Mary Burden, RGN, MPH, 17 Westminster Road, Stoneygate, Leicester LE5 4PW, U.K.

Control of blood pressure is important to people with diabetes. This article provides background information on the design and results of the U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study blood pressure study and the potential difficulties of translating this landmark study into practice. The article addresses the practical and quality assurance issues surrounding blood pressure and offers information about potential pitfalls that can lead to errors of measurement. The article also explores methods of patient participation in the measurement of blood pressure and in decision making about control of high blood pressure and explains why a participatory approach is needed.

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