Accuracy Assessment of an Automatic Blood Pressure Measurement Device in Adult Volunteers

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Pre Eclampsia

Interventions: Device: GE Dinamap ProCare Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor

Registration Number: NCT02267577

Lead Sponsor: William Marsh Rice University

Brief Summary: The research team has developed an automatic blood pressure monitor (Sphygmo) to be used for the monitoring and diagnosis of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, particularly in low-resource settings where current monitoring is limited.

90 adult volunteers will be enrolled by researchers at Rice University. The participant will be seated in a comfortable chair with arm at heart level. Arm circumference will be measured and a blood pressure cuff will be placed on the arm. The cuff will be inflated and blood pressure measurements will be taken by a commercially available device and by the Sphygmo device. Blood pressure measurements from both devices will be recorded. The participant's blood pressure will be measured up to 9 times with a waiting period of 45-60 seconds between each measurement.

The results of this study will be used to optimize the blood pressure detection algorithm and thus further develop the device.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

18 years of age or older
Willing and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Unable to provide informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Healthy Adults Volunteers	GE Dinamap ProCare Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor	Men and women over the age of 18 will have their blood pressure measured with both the Sphygmo: Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor device and the GE Dinamap ProCare automatic blood pressure monitor.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of Sphygmo Readings That Were With < 5 mmHg, < 10 mmHg, and < 15 mmHg of the Readings by the Gold Standard Sphygmomanometer.	Blood pressure was measured an average of 9 times for each participant during their single visit and the mean of these measurements was recorded and used for analysis. The measurement period lasted approximately 30-45 minutes.	The British Hypertension society defines a specific criteria for the accuracy of a sphygmomanometer. Devices are graded according to the cumulative percentage of readings that have an absolute difference between the more favorable observer's mercury sphygmomanometer readings and the test device of \< 5 mmHg, \< 10 mmHg, and \< 15 mmHg. A letter grade of "A" requires that over 60%, 85%, and 95% were achieved in the \< 5 mmHg, \< 10 mmHg, and \<15 mmHg categories, respectively. A letter grade of "B" requires that over 50%, 75%, and 90% were achieved in the \< 5 mmHg, \< 10 mmHg, and \<15 mmHg categories, respectively. The test device achieved a grade of (B/B) with the validation data from this study.
Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurement by Sphygmo Relative to the Clinical Standard.	Blood pressure was measured an average of 9 times for each participant during their single visit and the mean of these measurements was recorded and used for analysis. The measurement period lasted approximately 30-45 minutes.	Mean difference of systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings between Sphygmo device and the gold standard sphygmomanometer.

Secondary Outcome Measures