title: MEthods of ASsessing blood pressUre: identifying thReshold and target valuEs (MeasureBP): a review & study protocol.
abstract: Despite progress in automated blood pressure measurement (BPM) technology, there is limited research linking hard outcomes to automated office BPM (OBPM) treatment targets and thresholds. Equivalences for automated BPM devices have been estimated from approximations of standardized manual measurements of 140/90 mmHg. Until outcome-driven targets and thresholds become available for automated measurement methods, deriving evidence-based equivalences between automated methods and standardized manual OBPM is the next best solution. The MeasureBP study group was initiated by the Canadian Hypertension Education Program to close this critical knowledge gap. MeasureBP aims to define evidence-based equivalent values between standardized manual OBPM and automated BPM methods by synthesizing available evidence using a systematic review and individual subject-level data meta-analyses. This manuscript provides a review of the literature and MeasureBP study protocol. These results will lay the evidenced-based foundation to resolve uncertainties within blood pressure guidelines which, in turn, will improve the management of hypertension.
authors: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, A240-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada, blomkimb@msu.edu.
authors: Kimberly C
authors: KC
authors: Blom
authors: Sasha
authors: S
authors: Farina
authors: Yessica-Haydee
authors: YH
authors: Gomez
authors: Norm R C
authors: NR
authors: Campbell
authors: Brenda R
authors: BR
authors: Hemmelgarn
authors: Lyne
authors: L
authors: Cloutier
authors: Donald W
authors: DW
authors: McKay
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Dawes
authors: Sheldon W
authors: SW
authors: Tobe
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Bolli
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Gelfer
authors: Donna
authors: D
authors: McLean
authors: Gillian
authors: G
authors: Bartlett
authors: Lawrence
authors: L
authors: Joseph
authors: Robin
authors: R
authors: Featherstone
authors: Ernesto L
authors: EL
authors: Schiffrin
authors: Stella S
authors: SS
authors: Daskalopoulou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic