Why the study?
Does the use of automated oscillometric devices compared to aneroid sphygmomanometers affect blood pressure measurement and hypertension prevalence estimates in epidemiological studies?
Population
n=400 randomly selected men and women from the EPIC-Potsdam Study
Comparison
Automated oscillometric device for blood… vs Aneroid sphygmomanometer
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Minimal device bias warrants no practice change; leaves open whether standardization alters hypertension prevalence estimates.
Does the use of automated oscillometric devices compared to aneroid sphygmomanometers affect blood pressure measurement and hypertension prevalence estimates in epidemiological studies?
Replacing aneroid manometry with automated oscillometric devices introduces a very small bias in blood pressure measurements that may slightly affect hypertension prevalence estimates in epidemiological studies.
Kroke et al. (1998) studied this question.
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