Why the study?
Guidelines recommend blood pressure measurement on a bare arm, which is not always easy, creating a need to synthesize evidence on the effect of a sleeve.
Does measuring blood pressure over a sleeve or below a rolled-up sleeve affect the recorded values compared to measuring on a bare arm?
Comparison
BP measured over a sleeve or below a rolled-up sleeve vs on a bare arm
Design
Systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors
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Office BP over thin sleeves shows negligible bias; leaves open whether guidelines should relax bare-arm requirements pending higher-quality data.
Does measuring blood pressure over a sleeve or below a rolled-up sleeve affect the recorded values compared to measuring on a bare arm?
Measuring blood pressure over a thin sleeve does not significantly impact recorded values and is preferable to rolling up the sleeve, which may cause a larger overestimation.
Seguret et al. (2020) studied this question.
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