Why the study?
Does measuring blood pressure over a sleeve or below a rolled-up sleeve affect blood pressure readings compared to bare arm measurement in primary care patients?
Population
201 subjects in family practice clinics and residents of a senior citizens' home
Comparison
Blood pressure measurement below a rolled-up… vs Blood pressure measurement on the bare arm
Design
Cross-sectional, random order
Authors
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Sleeve measurement yields no mean BP difference from bare arm; leaves open whether wider individual variation warrants bare-arm preference in hypertensives.
Does measuring blood pressure over a sleeve or below a rolled-up sleeve affect blood pressure readings compared to bare arm measurement in primary care patients?
Measuring blood pressure over a sleeve or below a rolled-up sleeve does not have a clinically important effect on mean readings, though bare arm measurement is recommended for known hypertensive patients due to wider individual variation.
Ernesto Kahan (2003) studied this question.
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