[Acceptance of 24-hour blood pressure determination]

In interviews with 247 patients acceptance and behaviour during 24-hour-ambulatory blood-pressure recording were studied. In contrast to previous assumptions it was shown that the blood-pressure profile was not recorded during normal activities for a great part of patients. Very often the patients reduced their activity over the day. Our results show that for wider distribution and applications of this procedure the measuring devices have to be improved. A substantial part of patients experienced the ambulatory blood-pressure recording as an comfortable, such that one of eight patients declined a further recording and 20% of the patients complained about disturbed sleep.