Hypertension Prevalence and Control: Impact of Method of Blood Pressure Measurement

摘要: Hypertension is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality remains the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In order to detect, diagnose, treat follow-up hypertensive individuals, blood pressure (BP) has be measured accurately. On larger scale, measurements on whole population can generate trends that followed through time used as an indicator health. Ideally, when measured, variability should only attributable individual in whom assessment being performed. Nonetheless, many other factors impact values obtained, namely environment observer. Guidelines BP measurement have existed years are quite similar around world, although some disparities, especially concerning devices used, noted. research protocols, methods thresholds not always properly reported, which results derived from these studies. As prevalence estimation reported surveys, changes might needed regarding replace mercury sphygmomanometer, consideration given development guidelines protocols unlike ones device validation.