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December 1, 1995Hypertension

Evaluation of the Technique Used by Health-Care Workers for Taking Blood Pressure

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Population

172 health-care workers in a major hospital, including 63 general practitioners, 25 clinical specialists, 25…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

IVIván VillegasUniversidad de AntioquiaIAIsabel C. AriasInstituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la SaludABAdriana BoteroPathwest Laboratory Medicine

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Implication

Inaccurate BP readings by healthcare workers may compromise hypertension management; hypothesis-generating for training interventions.

Structured PICO

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Population
172 health-care workers in a major hospital, including 63 general practitioners, 25 clinical specialists, 25 surgical specialists, and 59 nurses.
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Intervention
Evaluation of blood pressure measurement technique using a two-part test (practical and theoretical) based on American Heart Association guidelines.
O
Outcome
Adherence to American Heart Association recommendations and accuracy of blood pressure measurement (variation within +/- 4 mm Hg between examinee and observer).

Healthcare workers demonstrate significant deficiencies in both theoretical knowledge and practical application of AHA guidelines for blood pressure measurement, resulting in highly inaccurate readings.

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Villegas et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a09e0a316dfdfe7ed346e7ahttps://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.26.6.1204
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