Measuring blood pressure at the wrist: more comfortable for patients and more convenient for doctors?

Journal article

OBJECTIVES: To compare the agreement between conventional measurement of blood pressure and measurements obtained using two automated devices; and to compare how comfortable each of the three methods of measurement were for patients. METHODS: Blood pressure measurements and patient comfort scores were recorded using three different devices in 125-surgery and 40-community patients. The devices used were a conventional aneroid sphygmomanometer, an automated device that measured blood pressure o...

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Authors: de Lusignan, S; Thiru, K; Meredith, K; Majeed, A; Johnson, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Public health
• Volume: 114
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 165-168
• Publication date: 2000-05-01
• DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900614
• EISSN: 1476-5616
• ISSN: 0033-3506
• Language: English
• Keywords: Telemedicine; Patient Satisfaction; Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; Sphygmomanometers; Wrist; Aged; Humans; Middle Aged