Measuring blood pressure at the wrist: more comfortable for patients and more convenient for doctors?

de Lusignan, S, Thiru, K, Meredith, K, Majeed, A and Johnson, P (2000) Measuring blood pressure at the wrist: more comfortable for patients and more convenient for doctors? Public Health, 114 (3). 165 - 168. ISSN 0033-3506

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Abstract

To compare the agreement between conventional measurement of blood pressure and measurements obtained using two automated devices; and to compare how comfortable each of the three methods of measurement were for patients.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Public Health. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Public Health, 114(3), December 2011, DOI 10.1038/sj.ph.1900614.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Aged, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory, Humans, Middle Aged, Patient Satisfaction, Sphygmomanometers, Telemedicine, Wrist
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Economics and Law > Health Care Management and Policy
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	23 Feb 2012 16:59
Last Modified:	23 Sep 2013 19:08
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/188832

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