Artículos de revistas
Home blood pressure monitoring and control in a group of hypertensive patients
Fecha
2012Registro en:
REVISTA DA ESCOLA DE ENFERMAGEM DA USP, SÃO PAULO, v. 46, n. 4, pp. 917-922, AUG, 2012
0080-6234
10.1590/S0080-62342012000400020
Autor
Silva, Giane Christina Alves da
Pierin, Angela Maria Geraldo
Institución
Resumen
This qualitative study was performed with 71 hypertensive patients, with the objectives to compare outpatient and home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM), to assess blood pressure control, and characterize white-coat hypertension. A nurse performed the outpatient blood pressure measurement. The home blood pressure monitoring was carried out over seven days. White-coat hypertension was quantified as a difference between the outpatient measurement and home blood pressure monitoring in the ranges from 1 to 5, 6 to 10 and > 10 mmHg. The outpatient blood pressure measurement was significantly higher (p<0.05) than the home blood pressure measurement. Pressure control corresponded to 9.9% in the outpatient measurement and 23.9% in the home blood pressure measurement. The white-coat effect > 10 mmHg was 57.7% for systolic and 32.4% for diastolic pressure, in the range from 6 to 10 mmHg. Home blood pressure measurement provided a better assessment of hypertensive patients' control.