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December 1, 2001Blood Pressure Monitoring

The Japan Home-health Apparatus Industrial Association: investigation of home-use electronic sphygmomanometers

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OSOsamu ShirasakiNational Center For Child Health and DevelopmentHTHaruhiro TeradaKNKazuhiko NiwanoInnovative Technology Laboratories (United States)

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Implication

Industry standards may bolster home BP monitor reliability; leaves open need for independent validation before routine clinical reliance.

Key Points

  • To review the efforts of the Japanese Home-health Apparatus Industrial Association in establishing voluntary performance validation and quality assurance standards for home-use electronic blood pressure monitors.
  • Collaborative framework established across seven Japanese blood pressure monitor manufacturers within an industry association.
  • Review and formulation of proposals regarding international validation standards, including guidelines from AAMI, the British Hypertension Society, and CEN.
  • Evaluation of clinical validation methodologies using standard auscultatory reference measurements.
  • Identified ongoing concerns regarding measurement reliability and operational simplicity for non-professional home users despite iterative device improvements.
  • Recommended establishing refined validation criteria based on auscultation that account for and remain unaffected by natural primary blood pressure variation.

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Shirasaki et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a76a8cb8a9c0995eb0614adhttps://doi.org/10.1097/00126097-200112000-00007
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