A home blood pressure monitor equipped with a graphic function facilitates faster blood pressure control than the conventional home blood pressure monitor.
In this study, we evaluated whether antihypertensive therapy using a home blood pressure monitor (HBPM) equipped with a graphic display of weekly and monthly averaged blood pressure (BP) can obtain better BP control than the conventional HBPM. Sixty-five hypertensive outpatients who had HBP >135/85 mm Hg were enrolled by 8 doctors in 2 different hospitals. The patients were randomly assigned either a graph-equipped HBPM (graph-equipped HBPM group; n=33) or an HBPM without the graph function (conventional HBPM group; n=32). The patients were treated with antihypertensive medications targeting HBP <135/85 mm Hg. After 2 months, the home systolic BP level was lower in the graph-equipped HBPM group than in the conventional HBPM group (141.3+/-15.4 vs 147.7+/-10.8 mm Hg; P<.05); its reduction was significantly larger in the former group (11.9 vs 5.6 mm Hg; P<.05). Using an HBP device with a graphic display could accelerate the achievement of BP control.
Kabutoya
Tomoyuki
T
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Ishikawa
Joji
J
Hoshide
Satoshi
S
Eguchi
Kazuo
K
Shimada
Kazuyuki
K
Kario
Kazuomi
K
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D003196:Computer Graphics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
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