Arterial Hypertension
Conditions
Brief summary
24 h blood pressure monitoring can help to define which is the optimal timing and frequency of measurements
Detailed description
Hypertension is a common condition in modern society. As blood pressure fluctuates with time, a single blood pressure measurement is useless to diagnose hypertension. Nevertheless, a questionable not well-defined number of measurements still is often used for this purpose. Diagnosis and therapeutic control of hypertension are therefore suboptimal. This study's objective is to determine the number and timing of measurements needed to give a trustworthy approximation of an individual's average blood pressure. Therefore, 24 h ambulatory blood pressure measurements were retrospectively analyzed.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST24 h ambulatory blood pressure measurements
24 h ambulatory blood pressure measurements : an ambulatory 24 h blood pressure device that automatically measures blood pressure every 15 minutes is given to the patient for 24 h
Sponsors
Jessa Hospital
Hasselt University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 70 per cent of valid measurements
Exclusion criteria
* none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Timing of measurement | day 1 | 9:00-13:00 - 13:00-17:00 - 17:00 - 21:00: there intervals were analyzed to assess the predictive value of each interval compared with the overall daytime diagnosis of hypertension. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The correct number of measurements | day 1 | Within the intervals, the correct number of measurements needed to diagnose hypertension will be evaluated. |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed