Open AccessA Home Blood Pressure Monitor Equipped With a Graphic Function Facilitates Faster Blood Pressure Control than the Conventional Home Blood Pressure Monitor
Author(s) -
Kabutoya Tomoyuki,
Ishikawa Joji,
Hoshide Satoshi,
Eguchi Kazuo,
Shimada Kazuyuki,
Kario Kazuomi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2009.00150.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , cardiology
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.