Why the study?
Does a single measurement of blood pressure and heart rate provide similar results to the mean of triplicate measurements in patients with hypertension?
Population
40 patients with hypertension
Comparison
Single measurement of blood pressure and heart… vs Mean of triplicate measurements of blood…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 week
Authors
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Single BP readings may suffice in hypertension monitoring; hypothesis-generating for protocol simplification pending larger validation.
Does a single measurement of blood pressure and heart rate provide similar results to the mean of triplicate measurements in patients with hypertension?
A single measurement of blood pressure and heart rate provides the same result and similar variability as the mean of triplicate measurements in hypertensive patients.
Fagan et al. (1988) studied this question.
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