Key result
A home blood pressure telemonitoring system did not significantly change day-by-day variability between groups, but prevented the significant increase in variability seen in controls (P<0.05).
Why the study?
Does a home blood pressure telemonitoring system improve day-by-day HBP variability in individuals?
RCT (n=60)
randomized
Does a home blood pressure telemonitoring system improve day-by-day HBP variability in individuals?
A home blood pressure telemonitoring system may help maintain stable blood pressure readings over time by preventing the increase in variability observed in standard monitoring.
Home BP telemonitoring may stabilize day-by-day variability by preventing increases; extends RCT evidence for telemonitoring beyond mean BP reduction.
BACKGROUND: There have been no reports indicating how a home blood pressure (HBP) telemonitoring system influences day-by-day HBP variability. METHODS: We evaluated day-by-day HBP variability using an HBP telemonitoring system, randomizing 60 individuals to either a telemonitoring group or the control group. RESULTS: There were no significant changes in day-by-day HBP variability between the two groups. However, the SD, root mean sum square differences, and the average real variability values for systolic blood pressure only in the control group in the latter half of the 4-week study were significantly greater than those in the first half (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: A HBP telemonitoring system could be useful in obtaining stable HBP readings over a certain period of time.
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Kaihara et al. (2016) reported an RCT. Home blood pressure telemonitoring system vs. Control group was evaluated on Day-by-day home blood pressure variability. A home blood pressure telemonitoring system did not significantly change day-by-day variability between groups, but prevented the significant increase in variability seen in controls (P<0.05).
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