What question did this study set out to answer?

This research aims to assess if the WatchBP Office sphygmomanometer can provide automated office blood pressure readings comparable to awake ambulatory blood pressure.

April 17, 2012Blood Pressure Monitoring

Evaluation of an automated sphygmomanometer for use in the office setting

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Why the study?

Does the WatchBP Office automated sphygmomanometer provide blood pressure readings similar to awake ambulatory BP in patients referred for BP monitoring?

Population

100 patients referred for 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Comparison

Automated office blood pressure measurement… vs Awake ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

24 hours

Authors

MMMartin G. MyersGeneral Cardiology MVMiguel ValdiviesoClinica Universidad de Navarra

Discussion

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Implication

AOBP with WatchBP Office may approximate awake ambulatory BP; hypothesis-generating for prospective validation before replacing ABPM.

Key Points

This research aims to assess if the WatchBP Office sphygmomanometer can provide automated office blood pressure readings comparable to awake ambulatory blood pressure.
One hundred patients underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
Blood pressure was recorded three times using the WatchBP Office sphygmomanometer following AOBP guidelines.
Mean AOBP readings were compared with mean awake ambulatory BP readings.
Mean AOBP was 138.6 ± 13.7/79.7 ± 9.0 mmHg, similar to awake ambulatory BP of 136.8 ± 12.4/79.0 ± 10.8 mmHg.
Systolic BP difference of 1.8 mmHg was statistically significant (P=0.03) but within the acceptable range of 5 mmHg.
Strong correlation observed between AOBP and awake ambulatory BP readings (P<0.001, r=0.819/0.801).

Structured PICO

Does the WatchBP Office automated sphygmomanometer provide blood pressure readings similar to awake ambulatory BP in patients referred for BP monitoring?

Population

100 patients referred for 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Intervention

Automated office blood pressure (AOBP) measurement using the WatchBP Office fully automated sphygmomanometer (recorded three times)

Comparator

Awake ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Outcome

Mean automated office blood pressure compared with mean awake ambulatory blood pressuresurrogate

The WatchBP Office automated sphygmomanometer produces blood pressure readings that closely approximate awake ambulatory BP, supporting its use for automated office blood pressure recording in clinical practice.

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Myers et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7100ad35aa2c282ce252d6 https://doi.org/10.1097/mbp.0b013e3283540785

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Evaluation of an automated sphygmomanometer for use in the office setting

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