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December 6, 2005Family PracticeOpen Access

Pitfalls in blood pressure measurement in daily practice

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Why the study?

Do different blood pressure measurement protocols yield significantly different readings in patients with type 2 diabetes?

Population

223 patients with type 2 diabetes from five family practices

Comparison

Various blood pressure measurement protocols vs Comparison among the different measurement…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

SHST HouwelingUniversity of GroningenNKNanne KleefstraLinköping UniversityHLHL LutgersUniversity of Groningen

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Implication

BP protocols yield different readings in T2D; leaves open effects on management and trial translation.

Structured PICO

Do different blood pressure measurement protocols yield significantly different readings in patients with type 2 diabetes?

P
Population
223 patients with type 2 diabetes from five family practices
I
Intervention
Various blood pressure measurement protocols (A: first reading, B: mean of two initial readings, C: mean of last three of at least four readings with <15% CV difference, D: mean of first two consecutive readings with max 5 mm Hg difference)
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Comparator
Comparison among the different measurement protocols
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Outcome
Mean difference between different BP measuring methods in mm Hgsurrogate

Different methods of measuring blood pressure during a single visit yield significantly different results, highlighting a gap between trial protocols, guidelines, and daily practice.

Cite This Study

Houweling et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a720cd875498292b70b4e8dhttps://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmi096

Topics

Hypertension management
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