Helping Hypertension Patients to Interpret Blood Pressure Readings and Motivate Blood Pressure Control

Communication showing only the normal range of blood pressure readings, which is often used but may make it hard to interpret numbers outside of the normal range

Communication with enhanced table, with reference information showing how combinations of diastolic and systolic blood pressure reflect normal, elevated and hypertension ranges (adapted from the American Heart Association)

Communication with enhanced graph, showing reference information about how to interpret blood pressure readings (adapted from Blood Pressure UK) with diastolic blood pressure on the x-axis and systolic blood pressure on the y-axis