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NCT Number: NCT03674918

Reliable Hypertension Diagnosis Based on 24 ABPM

24 h blood pressure monitoring can help to define which is the optimal timing and frequency of measurements

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Key information

Conditions

Arterial Hypertension Cardiovascular Diseases Hypertension Vascular Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Jessa Ziekenhuis

Hasselt, 3500, Belgium

About this study

Hypertension is a common condition in modern society. As blood pressure fluctuates with time, a single blood pressure measurement is useless to diagnose hypertension. Nevertheless, a questionable not well-defined number of measurements still is often used for this purpose. Diagnosis and therapeutic control of hypertension are therefore suboptimal. This study's objective is to determine the number and timing of measurements needed to give a trustworthy approximation of an individual's average blood pressure. Therefore, 24 h ambulatory blood pressure measurements were retrospectively analyzed.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 70 per cent of valid measurements

Exclusion criteria

  • none

Treatment and study plan

24 h ambulatory blood pressure measurements

Diagnostic Test

24 h ambulatory blood pressure measurements : an ambulatory 24 h blood pressure device that automatically measures blood pressure every 15 minutes is given to the patient for 24 h

Primary outcomes

  1. Timing of measurement

    Time frame: day 1

    9:00-13:00 - 13:00-17:00 - 17:00 - 21:00: there intervals were analyzed to assess the predictive value of each interval compared with the overall daytime diagnosis of hypertension.

Secondary outcomes

  1. The correct number of measurements

    Time frame: day 1

    Within the intervals, the correct number of measurements needed to diagnose hypertension will be evaluated.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hasselt University

Other

Collaborators

  • Jessa Hospital

Registry information

Official study title

How to Reliably Diagnose Arterial Hypertension: Lessons From 24h Blood Pressure Monitoring.

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Sep 18, 2018
Registry last updated
Sep 18, 2018

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