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Volume 25, Issue Supplement 1, December 2019, Pages S70 - S70

P27 Non-validated Blood Pressure Devices Dominate the Online Marketplace: An Initiative of the Lancet Commission on Hypertension Group

Authors
Dean Picone1, Rewati Deshpande1, Martin Schultz1, Ricardo Fonseca1, Norm Campbell3, 4, Christian Delles5, Michael Hecht-Olsen6, 7, Aletta Schutte8, George Stergiou9, Sonia Angell10, Raj Padwal11, James Sharman1
1Menzies Institute for Medical Research, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia, Australia
3Department of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Calgary, Canada
4Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
5Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
6Department of Internal Medicine, Holbaek Hospital, Holbaek, Denmark
7Centre for Individualized Medicine in Arterial Diseases (CIMA), Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark
8Hypertension in Africa Research Team, Medical Research Council Unit for Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
9Hypertension Center STRIDE-7, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Third Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece
10Division of Prevention and Primary Care, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, USA
11Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Available Online 15 February 2020.
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10.2991/artres.k.191224.061How to use a DOI?
Abstract

Introduction: Home BP monitoring is recommended to guide clinical decisions on hypertension and is used worldwide. People make their own decisions when purchasing BP measurement devices, which are often made online. One potential barrier to accurate home BP monitoring is that patients may purchase an unvalidated device (one that has not been proven accurate according to an internationally sanctioned protocol). This study aimed to evaluate the number, type, percentage validated and cost of home BP devices available online.

Methods: A systematic search of online businesses selling BP devices that may be used for home BP monitoring was conducted. Multinational companies make international deliveries, so searches were restricted to BP devices available for one nation (Australia) as an example of device availability through the globally connected online marketplace. Validation status of BP devices was determined according to established protocols.

Results: 59 online businesses, selling 972 unique BP devices were identified. These included 278 upper-arm cuff devices (18.3% validated), 162 wrist-cuff devices (8.0% validated) and 532 wrist-band wearables (0% validated). Most BP devices (92.4%) were stocked by international ‘e-commerce’ businesses (e.g. eBay, Amazon), but only 5.5% of these were validated. Validated cuff BP devices were more expensive than non-validated devices: median (interquartile range) of 101.14 (75.00 to 151.50; versus 67.37 (30.40 to 112.83) AUD, p < 0.0001.

Conclusion: Non-validated BP devices dominate the online marketplace and are sold at lower cost than validated devices. The widespread use of non-validated BP devices is a barrier to accurate home BP monitoring and must be urgently addressed.

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Artery Research
Volume-Issue
25 - Supplement 1
Pages
S70 - S70
Publication Date
2020/02/15
ISSN (Online)
1876-4401
ISSN (Print)
1872-9312
DOI
10.2991/artres.k.191224.061How to use a DOI?
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© 2019 Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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