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Blood pressure measurements in the nursing home: are they accurate?

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Stoneking, HT; Hla, KM; Samsa, GP; Feussner, JR
Published in: Gerontologist
August 1992

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.

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Gerontologist

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ISSN

0016-9013

Publication Date

August 1992

Volume

32

Issue

4

Start / End Page

536 / 540

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Reference Standards
  • Nursing Homes
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Homes for the Aged
  • Gerontology
  • Female
  • Blood Pressure Determination
 

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Stoneking, H. T., Hla, K. M., Samsa, G. P., & Feussner, J. R. (1992). Blood pressure measurements in the nursing home: are they accurate? Gerontologist, 32(4), 536–540. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/32.4.536
Stoneking, H. T., K. M. Hla, G. P. Samsa, and J. R. Feussner. “Blood pressure measurements in the nursing home: are they accurate?Gerontologist 32, no. 4 (August 1992): 536–40. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/32.4.536.
Stoneking HT, Hla KM, Samsa GP, Feussner JR. Blood pressure measurements in the nursing home: are they accurate? Gerontologist. 1992 Aug;32(4):536–40.
Stoneking, H. T., et al. “Blood pressure measurements in the nursing home: are they accurate?Gerontologist, vol. 32, no. 4, Aug. 1992, pp. 536–40. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/geront/32.4.536.
Stoneking HT, Hla KM, Samsa GP, Feussner JR. Blood pressure measurements in the nursing home: are they accurate? Gerontologist. 1992 Aug;32(4):536–540.
Journal cover image

Published In

Gerontologist

DOI

ISSN

0016-9013

Publication Date

August 1992

Volume

32

Issue

4

Start / End Page

536 / 540

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Reference Standards
  • Nursing Homes
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Homes for the Aged
  • Gerontology
  • Female
  • Blood Pressure Determination