title: [Flash Survey 2012: the use of self-measurement in France and its evolution since 2010].
abstract: The objective of this investigation is to describe the characteristics of subjects with a self-measurement device, representative of the French population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Auto four-page questionnaire administered by mail to 4500 individuals aged 35 years and over.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three thousand four hundred and sixty-two subjects aged 56 years responded to the questionnaire: 1054 subjects were treated hypertensives with a mean age 65.9 years and 2388 were untreated. Among treated subjects, 41% have one self-measurement blood pressure device (36% in 2010), 15% use one humeral device and 26% wrist device. Only 2% of treated hypertensive patients measure their blood pressure before a medical consultation, one times occasionally 49%, 11% several times a week, and 4% every day! Among 569 subjects owners of self-measure, 61% are treated hypertensive, 26% normotensive and 13% untreated hypertensive patients. Treated hypertensives are controlled with self-measurement in 50% of cases (BP<135 and 85 mmHg) (49% in 2010) CONCLUSIONS: In 2012, seven million of self-measurement devices are used in France, four million in treated hypertensives. Only 2% of hypertensive patients with self-measurement device use it correctly. Better education for hypertensive subjects is required. Control in hypertensive stagnated at 50%, incite to improve our therapeutic strategy, favoring pluritherapies.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, rythmologie et hypertension, CHU Timone, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France. bernard.vaisse@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vaïsse
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mourad
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Girerd
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hanon
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Halimi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pannier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
keywords: Automesure; Blood pressure control; Contrôle tensionnel; French population; Population française; Self-measurement