A Home Blood Pressure Monitor Equipped With a Graphic Function Facilitates Faster Blood Pressure Control than the Conventional Home Blood Pressure Monitor |
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| Authors: | Tomoyuki Kabutoya MD ; Joji Ishikawa MD ; Satoshi Hoshide MD ; Kazuo Eguchi MD ; Kazuyuki Shimada MD and Kazuomi Kario MD |
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| Institution: | From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan |
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| Abstract: | In this study, we evaluated whether antihypertensive therapy using a home blood pressure monitor (HBPM) equipped with a graphic display of weekly and monthly averaged blood pressure (BP) can obtain better BP control than the conventional HBPM. Sixty-five hypertensive outpatients who had HBP >135/85 mm Hg were enrolled by 8 doctors in 2 different hospitals. The patients were randomly assigned either a graph-equipped HBPM (graph-equipped HBPM group; n=33) or an HBPM without the graph function (conventional HBPM group; n=32). The patients were treated with antihypertensive medications targeting HBP <135/85 mm Hg. After 2 months, the home systolic BP level was lower in the graph-equipped HBPM group than in the conventional HBPM group (141.3±15.4 vs 147.7±10.8 mm Hg; P<.05); its reduction was significantly larger in the former group (11.9 vs 5.6 mm Hg; P<.05). Using an HBP device with a graphic display could accelerate the achievement of BP control. |
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