Investigation on community hypertensive patients 'owning blood pressure meter and measurement situations of home blood pressure monitoring

Abstract

Objective To inyestigate community hypertensive's owning blood pressure meter and basic requirements of home blood pressure monitoring(HBPM).Methods A self-designed questionnaire of Basic Requirements Investigation of HBPM in patients of hypertension was used to investigate 300 hypertensive inpatients.Results Among investigated 300 hypertensions,162 of them owned a meter.The owning rate of blood pressure meters was 54.0%.Among the 162 hypertensions owning a meter,only 14.6% of them checked their monitor regulady;53.7% of them had a rest at least 5 minutes before blood pressure measurements;84.5% of them kept the cuff at the same lever of the heart;83.3% of them were seated,stopped talking and kept quiet when they were HBPM;only 14.8% of them measured blood pressure three times on each occasion,and got the average of three measurements as the present reference,value;8.0% of them stored or truly recorded blood pressure values;only 13.5% of them checked blood pressure every day or almoat every day.Condusions The effective use rate of blood pressure meter is low.It is necessary to improve the basic requirements of HBPM. Key words: Hypertension; Home blood pressure monitoring; Nursing