The self-measurement of blood pressure: an experiment with office workers at their place of work.
One hundred office workers measured their own blood pressure at their place of work twice a day for 3 weeks. No technical difficulties or adverse psychological reactions were observed. Of 85 answers to a questionnaire, 64 indicated a preference for self-measurement to measurements made by a physician or nurse. Variations of blood pressure showed no relationship to the actual pressure. A preference for the digits 0 and 5 was observed.
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010361:Patients; D014944:World Health Organization