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White Coat Effect and Its Clinical Implications in the Elderly

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2009
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and correlated factors of white coat effect (WCE) in the elderly. Geriatric patients who were known as normotensive and office BP exceeding 140/90 mmHg underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).
Meltem Gulhan Halil   +2 more
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White coat effects [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1995
To many patients, the hospital doctor is epitomised by the white coat. What patients think of the way their doctor dresses has generated considerable interest.1 2 Of further interest is the actual contents of the white coat, and indeed senior hospital doctors may be aware of a “lightening” of the weight of their white coat with a concomitant increase ...
P M, Gordon, S G, Keohane, R M, Herd
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“What if It’s not Just an Item of Clothing?” – A Narrative Review and Synthesis of the White Coat in the Context of Aged Care

open access: yesPsychologica Belgica, 2022
Although increasingly disputed, the white coat uniform is ubiquitous in geriatric care, which may reflect a phenomenon called medicalisation of ageing. This narrative review is the first attempt at integrating several theoretical approaches, such as the “
Coline Crutzen, Stéphane Adam
doaj   +1 more source

White coat effect of alcohol [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hypertension, 2000
Numerous studies have shown a relationship between alcohol intake and elevated clinic blood pressures (BP). However, there have been few studies on the relationship between alcohol consumption and 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring. This study aimed to determine the relationship between alcohol intake, clinic BP, and 24-h ambulatory BP recordings to ...
J M, Ryan, L G, Howes
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Factors Influencing White-coat Effect [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hypertension, 2008
The transient blood pressure (BP) rise during clinical visits is usually referred to as white-coat effect (WCE). The aim of the present study was to investigate factors that may influence the WCE.A total of 2004 subjects underwent office BP measurements and 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) on the same day.
Manios, E.D.   +7 more
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Effect of physician attire on patient perceptions of empathy in Japan: a quasi-randomized controlled trial in primary care

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2021
Background There is limited quantitative research on the effect of physician attire on patient–physician relationships. This study aimed to measure the influence of Japanese family physicians’ attire on the “human” aspects of medical care in terms of ...
Takaharu Matsuhisa   +7 more
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Hypertensive phenotypes and pattern of ambulatory blood pressure in patients of diabetes mellitus of kashmir valley

open access: yesIndian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2022
Background: Patients of diabetes mellitus (DM) with hypertension (HTN) have a fourfold increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) as compared to normotensive nondiabetic controls.
Tariq A Bhat   +4 more
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White-coat hypertension and normotension in the League of Hypertension of the Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP: prevalence, clinical and demographic characteristics

open access: yesArquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2003
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of white-coat normortension, white-coat hypertension, and white-coat effect. METHODS: We assessed 670 medical records of patients from the League of Hypertension of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Medical School of ...
Carlos A. Segre   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the White-Coat Effect in Cats [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 1999
Abstarct The diagnosis and management of systemic hypertension in cats requires a reliable method for measurement of systemic arterial blood pressure (BP) in clinical patients. Unfortunately, the setting of a clinical practice and the act of measuring BP might raise BP and heart rate (HR), an effect referred to as the white-coat ...
A M, Belew, T, Barlett, S A, Brown
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