Clinical Evaluation of the Accuracy of Electronic Home Blood Pressure Measuring Devices.
- Author:
Jina CHOO
1
Author Information
1. Red Cross College of Nursing, Korea. jachoo@redcross.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Blood pressure;
Hypertension;
Sphygmomanometer
- MeSH:
Arm;
Blood Pressure*;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Outpatients;
Self Care;
Sphygmomanometers
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2002;9(1):101-112
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study evaluated the accuracy of electronic devices compared with mercury sphygmomanometer. Of 132 outpatients with electronic devices, 77 who possessed oscillometric cuff devices participated in this study. METHOD: When the blood pressure was measured, all electronic devices were connected by means of a Y-connector to a mercury sphygmomanometer. Using the simultaneous same arm approach, each comparison was carried out three times at 2-minute intervals. RESULTS: Compared with the mercury sphygmomanometer, the electronic devices underestimated systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively by 4.0 +/- 5.8mmHg and 2.5 +/- 6.7mmHg, which satisfies the standard error range of the American Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. According to the British Hypertension Society criteria, these differences achieved C grade for both systolic and diastolic pressure. For the graphical analysis, the differences had a tendency to fulfill the permitted error limits in both diastolic and systolic blood pressure. Moreover, the purchase duration was not correlated with the accuracy of electronic devices. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that difference in blood pressure between electronic devices and mercury sphygmo- manometer is within the standard error. Therefore, electronic blood pressure measuring devices may be useful for therapeutic self-management of hypertension.
