[Diagnostic accuracy of blood pressure determination in clinics in control of hypertension: Proposal of new cut-off values].

Aim: This study seeks to determine the optimal cut-off values for the determination of the blood pressure in the clinic as a follow-up test in Primary Care practice.

Design: A total of 153 hypertensive patients under 80years of age who met inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study, were subjected to ambulatory monitoring of their blood pressure for 24hours (ABPM). After which two clinic-based measurements were obtained.

Validity of self blood pressure measurement in the control of the hypertensive patient: factors involved.

Background: Improving clinical practice aimed at controlling hypertension is a pending issue in health systems. One of the methods currently used for this purpose is self blood pressure measurement (SBPM) whose use increases every day. The aims of this study are to establish the optimal cut-off point for the 3-day SMBP protocol and to identify factors that could affect the precision of the 3-day SMBP protocol using 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) as a reference.

[Efficiency between the different measurement patterns of home blood pressure monitoring in the follow-up of hypertensive patients in primary care].

Objective: To identify the most efficient measurement pattern of home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) for the follow-up of hypertensive patients in primary care.

Design: Validation study of a diagnostic test.

Setting: Primary care team in Murcia, Spain.