Abstract

Repeated blood pressure (BP) measurements allow better control of hypertension. Current measurements rely on cuff-based devices. The aim of the present study was to compare BP measurements using a novel cuff-less photoplethysmography-based device to a standard sphygmomanometer device. Males and females were recruited from within the general population who arrived at a public BP screening station. One to two measurements were taken from each using a sphygmomanometer-based and the photoplethysmography-based devices. Devices were considered equal if the mean difference between paired measurements was below 5 mmHg and the Standard Deviation (SD) was no greater than 8 mmHg. Agreement and reliability analyses were also performed. 1057 subjects were included in the study analysis. There were no adverse events during the study. The mean (± SD) difference between paired measurements for all subjects was -0.1 ± 3.6 mmHg for the systolic and 0.0 ± 3.5 mmHg for the diastolic readings. We found 96.31% agreement in identifying hypertension and an Interclass Correlation Coefficient of 0.99 and 0.97 for systolic and diastolic measurements, respectively. The photoplethysmography-based device was found similar to the gold-standard sphygmomanometer-based device with high agreement and reliability levels. The device might enable a reliable, more convenient method for repeated BP monitoring.

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Title
Comparing blood pressure measurements between a photoplethysmography-based and a standard cuff-based manometry device
Author
Nachman, Dean 1 ; Gepner Yftach 2 ; Goldstein, Nir 2 ; Kabakov Eli 3 ; Ishay, Arik Ben 4 ; Littman Romi 4 ; Azmon Yuval 5 ; Jaffe, Eli 6 ; Eisenkraft Arik 7 

 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Force Medical Corps, Institute for Research in Military Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (GRID:grid.9619.7) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 0538); Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center, Heart Institute, Jerusalem, Israel (GRID:grid.17788.31) (ISNI:0000 0001 2221 2926) 
 Tel-Aviv University, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, and Sylvan Adams Sports Institute, Tel-Aviv, Israel (GRID:grid.12136.37) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 0546) 
 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Force Medical Corps, Institute for Research in Military Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (GRID:grid.9619.7) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 0538) 
 Biobeat Technologies LTD, Petah Tikva, Israel (GRID:grid.9619.7) 
 The Technion, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center and The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel (GRID:grid.6451.6) (ISNI:0000000121102151) 
 Magen David Adom, Israel National Emergency Medical Services, Kiryat Ono, Israel (GRID:grid.425389.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2188 5432) 
 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Force Medical Corps, Institute for Research in Military Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (GRID:grid.9619.7) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 0538); Biobeat Technologies LTD, Petah Tikva, Israel (GRID:grid.9619.7) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2449449973
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.