Table 3 Blood pressure measurements and interpretation conform guideline by mean SBP
From: Blood pressure measurements for diagnosing hypertension in primary care: room for improvement
Year | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | 2016 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
SBP mmHg | 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 (%) |
< 130 | 0/14 | 0 | 0/15 | 0 | 0/14 | 0 | 0/14 | 0 |
130–149 | 55/84 | 66 | 76/103 | 74 | 63/101 | 62 | 58/139 | 30 |
150–169 | 130/193 | 67 | 155/235 | 66 | 141/233 | 61 | 74/209 | 54 |
170–199 | 75/144 | 52 | 63/107 | 59 | 62/136 | 46 | 62/136 | 46 |
> 200 | 29/29 | 100 | 24/24 | 100 | 26/26 | 100 | 28/28 | 100 |