January 1, 1982Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
Reproducibility of the Whole-Day Blood Pressure Pattern in Essential Hypertension
Population
6 hypertensive patients in a quiet in-hospital environment
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
Two weeks
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Discussion
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Implication
Repeat ambulatory BP sessions may reflect habituation rather than true change; hypothesis-generating and should not yet alter practice or protocols.
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Population
6 hypertensive patients in a quiet in-hospital environment
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Intervention
Whole-day blood pressure monitoring by an automated non-invasive device at 7.5 minute intervals
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Outcome
Reproducibility of the whole-day blood pressure patternsurrogate
Whole-day blood pressure patterns show intra-individual variability that decreases as patients habituate to the monitoring procedure.
Cite This Study
Weber et al. (1982) studied this question.