The Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Retired), Memphis, TN, USA.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2018 Jul;20(7):1138-1141. doi: 10.1111/jch.13278.
Hypertension is now recognized as a major global cause of morbidity and death. All decisions relating to the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of hypertension are dependent on being able to measure blood pressure accurately. Scientists have developed protocols to assess the accuracy of blood pressure-measuring devices, but little attention has been given to informing users which devices are accurate and inaccurate. This article identifies a recipient audience of researchers, clinicians, and scientists, the public, healthcare executives and administrators, and consumer and regulatory bodies, and discusses how best to communicate the results of device accuracy to these groups with the aim of improving the accurate measurement of blood pressure.
高血压现已被公认为全球主要的发病和致死原因之一。与高血压的流行病学、诊断和管理相关的所有决策都依赖于能否准确测量血压。科学家们已经制定了评估血压测量设备准确性的方案，但很少关注告知用户哪些设备是准确的，哪些是不准确的。本文确定了研究人员、临床医生和科学家、公众、医疗保健高管和管理人员以及消费者和监管机构这三个受众群体，并讨论了如何最好地将设备准确性的结果传达给这些群体，以提高血压的准确测量。
