title: Validation of Transtek blood pressure monitor TMB-1491 for self-measurement according to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol revision 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Transtek blood pressure monitor TMB-1491 is an automatic upper arm device designed for self/home measurement in adult populations. This study aimed to evaluate its accuracy according to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol revision 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  The protocol requirements were followed precisely with the recruitment of 33 adult individuals on whom same-left-arm sequential systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were measured. According to the validation protocol, 99 pairs of test device and reference blood pressure measurements were obtained in this study (three pairs for each of the 33 participants).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The device produced 74, 95 and 99 measurements within 5, 10, and 15 mmHg for SBP and 85, 97, and 99 for DBP, respectively. The mean±SD device-observer difference was -0.6±4.4 mmHg for SBP and -0.6±3.4 mmHg for DBP. The number of participants with two or three device-observer difference within 5 mmHg was 24 for SBP and 29 for DBP. In addition, none of the participants had a device-observer difference within 5 mmHg for SBP, and three of the participants had the same for DBP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transtek TMB-1491 has passed all phases of European Society of Hypertension International Protocol revision 2010 and can be recommended for self/home measurement in adult populations.
authors.affiliation: aBiomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Biomedical Engineering bDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Huiyong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Sijian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Wenjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001132:Arm; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003971:Diastole; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013599:Systole