SynthesisJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2019
Unattended versus attended automated office blood pressure: Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using the same methodology for both methods.
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- Revisiting Unattended Versus Attended Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurements: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison Between Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurements and Manual Office Blood Pressure Measurements-Implications in Individual Patients: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Current hypertension reports · 2021Pooled it
- A meta-analysis helps to clarify the use of automated office blood pressure in clinical practice.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2019Pooled it
- Unattended versus attended automated office blood pressure: Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using the same methodology for both methods.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2019Pooled it
- Comparison of unattended, attended and routine clinic systolic blood pressure measurements and determinants of blood pressure difference between attended and unattended BP.Journal of human hypertension · 2026Trial
- Determination of optimal on-treatment diastolic blood pressure range using automated measurements in subjects with cardiovascular disease-Analysis of a SPRINT trial subpopulation.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2019Trial
- Adaptive Optics RTX1 Imaging for Early Detection of Retinal Vascular Remodeling in Hypertensive Retinopathy: A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Haemodynamic changes from prepregnancy to very early pregnancy among women planning to conceive in Southwestern Uganda.Journal of hypertension · 2025Article
- Comparison of Office Blood Pressure, Automated Unattended Office Blood Pressure, Home Blood Pressure, and 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
- SPRINT Revisited: Updated Results and Implications.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2021Review
- Guideline-Driven Management of Hypertension: An Evidence-Based Update.Circulation research · 2021Review
- Comparison between unattended automated office blood pressure and conventional office blood pressure under the environment of health checkup among Japanese general population.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2020Article
- Are Unattended Blood Pressure Measurements Necessary in All Patients Visiting an Outpatient Cardiology Clinic?High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2020Article
- Blood pressure targets in patients with chronic kidney disease: A critical evaluation of clinical-trial evidence and guideline recommendations.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2020Article
- Blood Pressure Measurement: A KDOQI Perspective.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2020Review
- The Impact of Measurement Methods on Office Blood Pressure and Management of Hypertension in General Practice.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2019Article
- Automated Office-Based Blood Pressure Measurement: an Overview and Guidance for Implementation in Primary Care.Current hypertension reports · 2019Review
- A meta-analysis that helps clarify the use of automated office blood pressure in clinical practice.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2019Article
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Abstract
There is increasing interest in unattended automated office blood pressure (OBP) measurement, which gives lower blood pressure values than the conventional auscultatory OBP. Whether unattended automated OBP differs from standardized attended automated OBP performed using the same device and measurement protocol remains uncertain. A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies (aggregate data) comparing unattended vs attended automated OBP using the same device and measurement protocol (conditions, number of measurements, visits) was performed. Ten eligible studies (n = 1004, weighted age 60.8 ± 4.2 [SD] years, 55% males) were analyzed. Unattended OBP (pooled systolic/diastolic 133.9 [95% CI: 129.7, 138]/80.6 [95% CI: 77, 84.2] mm Hg) did not differ from attended OBP (135.3 [95% CI: 130.9, 139.6]/81 [95% CI: 77.6, 84.3] mm Hg); pooled systolic OBP difference -1.3, 95% CI: -4.3, 1.7 mm Hg and diastolic -0.4, 95% CI: -1.2, 0.3 mm Hg. Nine of ten studies achieved high quality score and no publication bias was identified. Meta-regression analysis did not reveal any effect of age, gender, or attended systolic OBP on the unattended-attended systolic OBP difference (P = NS for all). However, there was a trend toward higher attended than unattended OBP at higher OBP levels. These data suggest that, when the same device and measurement protocol are used, attended automated OBP provides similar blood pressure values as unattended automated OBP. Although unattended automated OBP is theoretically advantageous as it ensures that standardized conditions and measurement protocol are used, attended automated OBP, if carefully performed, appears to be a reasonable and practical alternative.
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