Blood pressure measurements in the nursing home: are they accurate?
Journal Article
To examine the accuracy of blood pressure (BP) measurements in the nursing home, a trained observer (physician) and nursing home staff (NHS) measured BP for 146 nursing home residents on two separate occasions. Using the physician as the reference standard for measuring BP, the NHS: 1) significantly underestimated systolic BP; 2) significantly overestimated diastolic BP; and 3) had a high frequency of terminal digit preference for zero. These errors resulted in the NHS misclassifying hypertension in 21% of patients.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Stoneking, HT; Hla, KM; Samsa, GP; Feussner, JR
Published Date
- August 1992
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 32 / 4
Start / End Page
- 536 - 540
PubMed ID
- 1427257
Pubmed Central ID
- 1427257
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0016-9013
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1093/geront/32.4.536
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States