scholarly journals Quality of Blood Pressure Tracking Apps for the iPhone: Content Analysis and Evaluation of Adherence With Home Blood Pressure Measurement Best Practices

10.2196/10809 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. e10809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Y Leong ◽  
Mark J Makowsky
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Pressure Measurement ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
Home Blood Pressure ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation

Youtube as a source of information on "Manual Blood Pressure Measurement"

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz ◽  
Sedat Kalkan
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Pressure Measurement ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Manual Blood Pressure ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Source Of Information

Objectives: The aim of the study is to evaluate the quality and reliability of videos on manual blood pressure measurement on Youtube. Patients and Methods: In January 2021, the first 100 videos found as a result of a search with the keywords 'manual blood pressure measurement' on Youtube were watched and evaluated. According to exclusion criteria, 75 videos were included in the study. Duplicate videos, irrelevant videos, and videos in languages other than English were excluded from the study. Each video was scored according to the questions prepared based on the guidelines. The GQS score and the 'Reliability' score were used to assess the quality of the videos. Results: According to the checklist prepared according to the hypertension consensus report, the mean score of the videos was 8.33 ± 2.1. When the videos were evaluated according to their sources, the average score of the videos of the health sites was 9±2.5, the average score of the videos of the individual health workers was 8.66±1.8, the average score of the videos of the unidentified people was 7.54±2.1. Conclusion: Manual blood pressure measurement videos on Youtube have little educational value. Videos of health websites should be preferred for education.

Evaluation of a short home blood pressure measurement in an outpatient population of hypertensives

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 673-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Di Monaco ◽  
Franco Rabbia ◽  
Michele Covella ◽  
Chiara Fulcheri ◽  
Elena Berra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Pressure Measurement ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
Home Blood Pressure

Abstract P333: National Trends in the Quality of Office Blood Pressure Measurements, 2014-2019

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 141 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Foti ◽  
Lawrence J Appel ◽  
Kunihiro Matsushita ◽  
Josef Coresh ◽  
G Caleb Alexander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Pressure Measurement ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Hypertension Treatment ◽  
Digit Preference ◽  
Provider Characteristics ◽  
Over Time

Introduction: Clinical practice guidelines emphasize the importance of accurate blood pressure measurement and recording to diagnose and treat hypertension. Trends in terminal digit preference (typically manifest by a terminal digit of ‘0’) have not been examined nationally. The growing use of automated blood pressure devices may have reduced terminal digit preference and improved accuracy over time. Objective: To evaluate trends in terminal digit preference in office blood pressure measurements among adults with hypertension by patient and provider characteristics. Methods: We used IQVIA National Disease and Therapeutic Index (NDTI) data from January 2014 through June 2019. The NDTI is designed to be nationally-representative of all patient visits to office-based physicians and uses a two-stage stratified sampling design to sample ~4,000 physicians per quarter who report information on all patient visits on 2 random workdays. We included all hypertension treatment visits (~60M/year) among adults aged ≥18. We examined trends in the proportion of hypertension treatment visits with recorded systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure measurements with a terminal digit ‘0’. The expected percent of blood pressures with ‘0’ is 10% for automated and 20% for manual readings. Results: There was a decrease in the percent of visits with SBP (43.0% to 37.4%) or DBP (44.3% to 38.1%) recordings ending in zero ( Table ). The decrease in percent of SBPs with a terminal zero was similar by patient and provider characteristics, though the percentage of SBPs with a terminal ‘0’ was consistently higher among patients aged ≥60, when SBP ≥140 mmHg, and among cardiologists. Conclusions: Terminal digit preference is common indicating systematic error in blood pressure measurement and recording, despite some improvement over time. This may lead to under- and overtreatment of patients with hypertension. Improving the quality of blood pressure measurement is central to improving hypertension diagnosis and control in clinical practice.

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