Accuracy of home blood pressure monitors
Accuracy of patient-owned blood pressure monitors compared to Omron PA350 monitor checker
Acronym
ACCU-RATE
Study hypothesis
Primary aim:
To determine how accurate are home digital upper arm and wrist blood pressure monitors.
Secondary aims:
1. To find out which digital blood pressure monitors are currently used by patients
2. How well they perform;
3. Is there any evidence of decreasing accuracy over time, or with greater usage, or by validation status, or cost (recommended retail price) of device
Ethics approval
15/NW/0828
Study design
Non-randomised diagnostic accuracy study
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Non randomised study
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
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Condition
Topic: Primary Care; Subtopic: Primary Care; Disease: All Diseases
Intervention
Eligible patients are sent a letter asking if they are interested in having their monitor tested for accuracy. Those who respond (by telephone or post) will be asked to drop off their monitor to the practice on a prearranged day. Monitors will be tested and returned to participants with results within 2 weeks.
The procedure will be to test patients’ blood pressure (BP) monitors using the OMRON PA350 digital BP tester. Monitors will be inflated following a standard process as recommended by each monitor manufacturer and the British Hypertension Society, with a pass rate of +/- 3mmHg or less from the PA350 reading.
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