Why the study?
Does measuring blood pressure over a sleeve thinner than 2 mm affect the accuracy of the measurement compared to a bare arm in normotensive and hypertensive subjects?
Population
201 subjects including normotensive and hypertensive persons with a wide age range
Comparison
Blood pressure measurement with the manometer's… vs Blood pressure measurement without sleeve
Design
Cross-sectional, random order for sleeved and non-sleeved measurements…
Authors
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May permit sleeved BP measurement over thin clothing; leaves open prospective validation in broader populations.
Does measuring blood pressure over a sleeve thinner than 2 mm affect the accuracy of the measurement compared to a bare arm in normotensive and hypertensive subjects?
Measuring blood pressure over clothing thinner than 2 mm does not significantly affect the accuracy of the readings compared to bare arm measurements.
Liebl et al. (2004) studied this question.