Table 2 Blood pressure measurements and interpretation (n) per method according to the Dutch national guidelines
From: Blood pressure measurements for diagnosing hypertension in primary care: room for improvement
Year | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | 2016 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
Method used | Correctly interpreted (n) total (N) | Correctly interpreted (%) | Correctly interpreted (n) total (N) | Correctly interpreted (%) | Correctly interpreted (n) total (N) | Correctly interpreted (%) | Correctly interpreted (n) total (N) | Correctly interpreted (%) |
24 H-ABPM | 66/80 | 83 | 94/111 | 85 | 79/86 | 92 | 89/95 | 94 |
OBP30 | 2/2 | 100 | 19/21 | 91 | 51/53 | 96 | 47/49 | 96 |
HBPM | 27/27 | 100 | 42/42 | 100 | 38/38 | 100 | 37/39 | 95 |
OBPM | 193/365 | 53 | 162/323 | 50 | 114/323 | 35** | 134/316 | 42* |