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QardioArm® in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus type II population: Validation Study
Victoria Mazoteras-Pardo;
Ricardo Becerro-De-Bengoa-Vallejo;
Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias;
Eva María Martínez-Jiménez;
César Calvo-Lobo;
Carlos Romero-Morales;
Daniel López-López;
Patricia Palomo-López
ABSTRACT
Background:
Home blood pressure monitoring has many benefits, and even more so, in populations prone to high blood pressure, such as diabetics.
Objective:
The purpose of this research was to find out the validity of a QardioArm mobile device in non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetic population following the guidelines in accordance with the second International Protocol of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH-IP2).
Methods:
The sample examined were 33 subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Two nurses evaluated the validity of QardioArm by comparing their data with that obtained with digital sphygmomanometer (Omron M3 Intellisense). They measured with the two devices the three main variables: diatolic and systolic blood pressure and heart rate.
Results:
The analysis indicated that the test device QardioArm met all the validation requirements in population with type 2 diabetes.
Conclusions:
This paper is the first validation of QardioArm in non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetic population.
