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Nebojsa Tasic1, Danijela Tasic1, Zorana Kovacevic1

  • 1Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Dedinje, 5 Heroja Milana Tepica Street, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
|April 23, 2022
PubMed

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Home blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring offers an effective alternative to traditional office BP monitoring for adjusting antihypertensive treatment, especially in patients with cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Hypertension Management
  • Medical Technology

Background:

  • Hypertension management requires accurate blood pressure (BP) monitoring.
  • Home BP telemonitoring is an emerging technology for patient assessment.
  • Comparing home and office BP monitoring is crucial for treatment adjustment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the efficacy of home BP telemonitoring versus office BP monitoring in adjusting antihypertensive therapy.
  • To evaluate the impact of different BP monitoring methods on treatment outcomes.
  • To assess the influence of comorbidities on BP monitoring dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • An open, prospective, noninterventional, multicenter clinical trial.
  • 1581 participants monitored for 6 months across 34 cities.
  • Patients divided into control (office BP) and experimental (home BP telemonitoring) groups.

Main Results:

  • Significant differences in systolic blood pressure (SP) between groups at multiple visits.
  • Both home and office BP measurements showed significant decreases over 6 months (p < 0.000).
  • Diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia significantly influenced SP monitoring dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Home BP telemonitoring is a viable alternative for BP assessment in hypertensive patients.
  • Novel BP monitoring technologies are effective, particularly for patients with cardiovascular risk factors.
  • Telemonitoring facilitates accurate BP assessment in patients with diabetes and dyslipidemia.

Keywords:
blood pressure monitoringhypertensionmeasuringnovel technologies in BP monitoringsystolic and diastolic pressuretelemonitoring

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