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Evaluation of a community-based automated blood pressure measuring device.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12000246     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Automated devices are widely available in the community for people to measure their blood pressure. We assessed the accuracy and reproducibility of a brand of community-based automated device against the standard mercury sphygmomanometer.
METHODS: Same-arm pairs of blood pressure readings were obtained with the Vita-Stat 90550 automated device, a sphygmomanometer and the Omron HEM-705CP automated device in random order on volunteers in 3 community pharmacies using a modified protocol for evaluating blood pressure devices. Comparison of readings between the Omron device and the sphygmomanometer served as a positive control of how well a laboratory-validated automated device could perform in the community. Both the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and British Hypertension Society (BHS) criteria were used to assess the accuracy and reproducibility of readings.
RESULTS: The mean blood pressure reading and standard error (SE) of the mean for the 108 volunteers (66 women and 42 men) was 133/77 (SE 2/1) mm Hg with the Vita-Stat device, 131/77 (SE 2/1) mm Hg with the Omron device and 129/76 (SE 2/1) mm Hg with the sphygmomanometer. The mean difference in readings was 4.4/1.0 (standard deviation [SD] 9.4/6.2) mm Hg between the Vita-Stat device and the sphygmomanometer and 1.6/0.6 (SD 9.3/6.4) mm Hg between the Omron device and the sphygmomanometer. Neither automated device met the AAMI accuracy criteria for the systolic readings. The BHS grades were C/A (systolic unacceptable/diastolic acceptable) for each automated device. According to the BHS analytical criterion, all devices achieved acceptable reproducibility grades.
INTERPRETATION: Neither automated device met the AAMI or BHS criteria for accuracy while in use in the community, and neither performed as well in the community as in the laboratory.
Authors:
Jacqueline E Lewis; Eleanor Boyle; Lucy Magharious; Martin G Myers
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial    
Journal Detail:
Title:  CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne     Volume:  166     ISSN:  0820-3946     ISO Abbreviation:  CMAJ     Publication Date:  2002 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-05-09     Completed Date:  2002-05-28     Revised Date:  2013-06-09    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9711805     Medline TA:  CMAJ     Country:  Canada    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1145-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Automation
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / instrumentation*,  standards
Female
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis*
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
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Erratum In:
CMAJ 2002 Jun 11;166(12):1512

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