Challenges in Blood Pressure Self-Measurement
Joint Authors
Toftegaard, Thomas Skjødeberg
Bertelsen, Olav W.
Wagner, Stefan
Source
International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Blood pressure self-measurement (BPSM) requires patients to follow a range of recommendations in order to be considered reliable for diagnostic use.
We investigated currently used BPSM interventions at four medical clinics combined with an online questionnaire targeting BPSM users.
We found that the participating healthcare personnel perceived BPSM as a relevant and useful intervention method providing that the recommendations are followed.
A total of six challenges were identified: (1) existing devices do not guarantee that the recommendations are followed, (2) healthcare providers cannot verify whether self-monitoring patients follow the recommendations, (3) patients are not aware of all recommendations and the need to follow them, (4) risk of patient induced reporting bias, (5) risk of healthcare provider induced data-transfer bias, and (6) risk of data being registered as belonging to the wrong patient.
We conclude that existing BPSM interventions could be significantly affected by user-induced bias resulting in an indeterminable quality of the measurement data.
Therefore, we suggest applying context-aware technological support tools to better detect and quantify user errors.
This may allow us to develop solutions that could overcome or compensate for such errors in the future.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wagner, Stefan& Toftegaard, Thomas Skjødeberg& Bertelsen, Olav W.. 2012. Challenges in Blood Pressure Self-Measurement. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wagner, Stefan…[et al.]. Challenges in Blood Pressure Self-Measurement. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Wagner, Stefan& Toftegaard, Thomas Skjødeberg& Bertelsen, Olav W.. Challenges in Blood Pressure Self-Measurement. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472250
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-472250