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April 11, 2017CureusOpen Access

Prevalence and Predictors of Use of Home Sphygmomanometers Among Hypertensive Patients

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Population

405 adult patients previously diagnosed with hypertension visiting tertiary care hospitals, mean age 50.5…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

HZHira ZahidAAAisha AminEAEmaan Amin

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Overview

Identifies a critical gap between device ownership and regular BP monitoring; leaves open.

Structured PICO

P
Population
405 adult patients previously diagnosed with hypertension visiting tertiary care hospitals, mean age 50.5 years, 52.6% female. Excluded: secondary hypertension or younger than 18 years of age.
I
Intervention
Use of home sphygmomanometers (home blood pressure monitoring)
O
Outcome
Prevalence and predictors of the usage of all kinds of home blood pressure monitoring devices

While over 60% of hypertensive patients in this Pakistani cohort owned a home sphygmomanometer, less than 25% monitored their blood pressure regularly, highlighting a significant gap in patient education and self-management.

Limitations

  • Small sample size
  • Comparison between the performance of trained and untrained users was not studied
  • Hawthorne effect was not excluded
  • Missing information like the brand, model, and price of home sphygmomanometers
  • Cuff size of the upper-arm device used and the consistency of the arm circumference of the patient was not considered

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Zahid et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7dd5d229cd345315cda4edhttps://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1155
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