Table 1 Associations between patients’ characteristics, sphygmomanometer type and measurement errors
From: The quality of patients’ self-blood pressure measurements: a cross-sectional study
Characteristics of the patients | Type of errors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lack of back support | Incorrect upper limb position | Incorrect cuff fastening | Fingers relaxed | Talking during measurement | |
Gender | p = 0.023 | ||||
Female | 36% | ||||
Male | 12.9% | ||||
Education | p = 0.037 | ||||
1st–3rd EQF level | 4.88% | ||||
4th–6th EQF level | 2.94% | ||||
7th–8th EQF level | 20.00% | ||||
Place of living | p < 0.001 | ||||
Village or town of less than 50,000 inhabitants | 38.71% | ||||
City of more than 50,000 inhabitants | 84.06% | ||||
Family history of hypertension | p = 0.016 | p = 0.020 | |||
Yes | 20.63% | 3.17% | |||
No | 2.70% | 16.22% | |||
Type of the sphygmomanometer | p < 0.001 | p = 0.001 | p = 0.008 | ||
Aneroid gauges | 100% | 27.27% | 27.27% | ||
Upper arm automatic | 46.88% | 10.94% | 3.13% | ||
Upper arm semi-automatic | 14.29% | 57.14% | 28.57% | ||
Wrist | 77.78% | 0% | 5.56% | ||