Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 63

Utility of Blood Pressure Monitoring Outside of the Clinic Setting

File Inventory


Prepared by:

Johns Hopkins Evidence-based Practice Center, Baltimore, MD
Lawrence J. Appel, M.D.
Karen A. Robinson, M.Sc.
Eliseo Guallar, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Thomas Erlinger, M.D., M.P.H.
Syed O. Masood, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.
Megan Jehn, M.H.S.
Lee Fleisher, MD
Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Eric B. Bass, M.D., M.P.H.
   Investigators


File Name	Description			Software		Version		File	Size
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01front.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®		2002		34KB	5 pages
Contents: Title Page, Preface
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02abstr.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	10KB	2 pages
Contents: Structured Abstract: Objectives, Search Strategy, Selection Criteria, Main Results, 
Conclusions
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03conts.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	15KB	2 pages
Contents: Table of Contents
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04summ.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	65KB	10 pages
Contents: Summary: Overview, Clinic Blood Pressure Measurements, Reporting the Evidence, Findings, 
Future Research
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05chap1.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	30KB	6 pages
Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Background, Clinic Blood Pressure Measurements, Self-measured 
Blood Pressure (SMBP), Ambulatory Blood Pressure (ABP) Measurement, Scope and Purpose of Report
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06chap2.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	69KB	10 pages
Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Recruitment of Technical Experts and Peer Reviewers, 
Patient Population, Questions, Causal Pathway, Literature Search Methods, Abstract Review, 
Article Review, Peer Review
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07fig1.ppt	MS PowerPoint® Presentation	MS PowerPoint®		2000		30KB	1 page
Contents: Figure 1. Conceptual Framework
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08chap3.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	186KB	22 pages
Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Literature Search and Abstract Review Process; Article Review Process; 
Description of the Literature; Question #1: Comparison of clinic, ambulatory, and SMBP readings; 
Question #2: The relationship of mean blood pressure levels and WCH as defined by SMBP to clinical 
events; Question #3: The relationship of mean levels and WCH as defined by ABP measurement to 
clinical events; Question #4: Does the evidence for the above questions vary according to a patient's 
age, gender, income level, race/ethnicity, and clinical subgroups?
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09tbl1.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	13KB	1 page
Contents: Table 1. Summary of search and abstract review results
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10tbl2.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	9KB	1 page
Contents: Table 2. Reasons for exclusion at article review level
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11tbl3.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	13KB	1 page
Contents: Table 3. Number of significant associations / number of number of studies, by outcome 
and type of BP measurement (clinic BP; day, night and 24 hr ABP, systolic and diastolic; 
WCH and Dipping Status)
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12chap4.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	28KB	6 pages
Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions: Summary of Findings, Limitations of Report, Limitations of 
Literature, Use of Evidence Report
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13chap5.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	13KB	2 pages
Contents: Chapter 5. Future Research
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14refs.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	83KB	8 pages
Contents: References
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15etindx.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	53KB	3 pages
Contents: Evidence Tables Index
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16etbls.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	690KB	92 pages
Contents: Evidence Tables: 
Evidence Table 1: Summary of quality characteristics for articles addressing question #1a-c
Evidence Table 2: Summary of population characteristics for articles addressing question #1a-c
Evidence Table 3: Summary of clinic measurement for articles addressing question #1a-c
Evidence Table 4: Summary of self measurement for articles addressing question #1a-c
Evidence Table 5: Summary of ambulatory measurement for articles addressing question #1a-c
Evidence Table 6: Distribution of readings between clinic and self-measured blood pressure 
(question #1a)
Evidence Table 7: Distribution of readings between clinic blood pressure and ambulatory blood 
pressure measurement, systolic (question #1a)
Evidence Table 8: Distribution of readings between clinic and ambulatory blood pressure, diastolic 
(question #1a)
Evidence Table 9: Distribution of readings between self-measured blood pressure and ambulatory 
blood pressure measurement, systolic (question #1a)
Evidence Table 10: Distribution between self-measured blood pressure and ambulatory blood pressure 
measurement, diastolic (question #1a)
Evidence Table 11: Prevalence of white coat hypertension by self-measured blood pressure 
(question #1b)
Evidence Table 12: Prevalence of white coat hypertension by ambulatory blood pressure 
(question #1c)
Evidence Table 13: Reproducibility of white coat hypertension (WCH) (question #1c)
Evidence Table 14: Summary of quality characteristics for articles addressing question #2
Evidence Table 15: Summary of population characteristics for articles addressing question #2
Evidence Table 16: Summary of clinic measurements for articles addressing question #2
Evidence Table 17: Summary of self measurement for articles addressing question #2
Evidence Table 18: Characteristics of measures of left ventricular mass (question #2)
Evidence Table 19: Correlation of clinic and self-measured blood pressure with left ventricular 
mass (question #2)
Evidence Table 20: Characteristics of albuminuria measurement (question #2)
Evidence Table 21: Correlation of clinic and self-measured blood pressure with albuminuria 
(question #2)
Evidence Table 22: Summary of quality characteristics for prospective studies addressing question #2 
(question #2b)
Evidence Table 23: Summary of population characteristics for prospective studies addressing 
question #2 (question #2b)
Evidence Table 24: Summary of clinic measurement characteristics for prospective studies (question #2b)
Evidence Table 25: Summary of self measurement characteristics for prospective studies addressing 
question #2 (question #2b)
Evidence Table 26: Summary of methods in prospective studies (question #2b)
Evidence Table 27: Prediction of outcome by clinic blood pressure and self-measured blood pressure 
(question #2b)
Evidence Table 28: Summary of quality characteristics for self-measured blood pressure trials 
(question #2d)
Evidence Table 29: Summary of population characteristics for self-measured blood pressure trials 
(question #2d)
Evidence Table 30: Summary of methods for self-measured blood pressure trials (question #2d)
Evidence Table 31: Characteristics of outcome measurements in self-measured blood pressure trials 
(question #2d)
Evidence Table 32: Results of self-measured blood pressure trials (question #2d)
Evidence Table 33: Summary of quality characteristics for articles addressing question #3
Evidence Table 34: Summary of population characteristics for articles addressing question #3
Evidence Table 35: Summary of clinic measurement characteristics for articles addressing question #3
Evidence Table 36: Summary of ambulatory blood pressure measurement for articles addressing question #3
Evidence Table 37: Characteristics of measures of left ventricular mass (question #3)
Evidence Table 38: Correlation of clinic and ambulatory blood pressure with left ventricular mass 
(question #3)
Evidence Table 39: Correlation of left ventricular mass with ambulatory blood pressure defined white coat 
hypertension (question #3)
Evidence Table 40: Characteristics of albuminuria measurement (question #3)
Evidence Table 41: Correlations of clinic and ambulatory blood pressure with albuminuria (question #3)
Evidence Table 42: Correlation of ambulatory blood pressure defined white coat hypertension with 
albuminuria (question #3)
Evidence Table 43: Summary of quality characteristics for prospective studies addressing question #3 
(question #3b)
Evidence Table 44: Summary of population characteristics for prospective studies of ambulatory blood 
pressure measurement (question #3b)
Evidence Table 45:  Summary of methods for prospective studies of ambulatory blood pressure measurement 
(question #3b)
Evidence Table 46: Prediction of outcome by clinic blood pressure and systolic ambulatory blood pressure 
(question #3b)
Evidence Table 47: Prediction of outcome by clinic blood pressure and diastolic ambulatory blood pressure 
(question #3b)
Evidence Table 48: Prediction of Outcome by pattern of ambulatory blood pressure (white coat hypertension 
and dipping status) (question #3b)
Evidence Table 49: Summary of quality characteristics in ambulatory blood pressure measurement trials 
(question #3d)
Evidence Table 50: Summary of population characteristics for ambulatory blood pressure measurement trials 
(question #3d)
Evidence Table 51: Summary of methods in ambulatory blood pressure measurement trials (question #3d)
Evidence Table 52: Characteristics of outcome measurements in ambulatory blood pressure measurement trials 
(question #3d)
Evidence Table 53: Effect of ambulatory blood pressure measurement interventions on clinic blood pressure 
(question #3d)
Evidence Table 54: Effect of ambulatory blood pressure measurement interventions on 24 Hour, daytime and 
nighttime ambulatory blood pressure (question #3d)
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17biblio.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	294KB	34 pages
Contents: Bibliography
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18appa.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	10KB	1 page
Contents: Appendix A. EPC BP: Peer Reviewers
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19appb.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	5KB	1 page
Contents: Appendix B. Journals Hand Searched
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20appc.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	12KB	1 page
Contents: Appendix C. Search Strategies
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21appd.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	15KB	4 pages
Contents: Appendix D. Utility of BP Measurement Outside of Clinic: Abstract Review Form
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22appe.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®		2002		1.2MB	70 pages
Contents: Appendix E. Utility of Blood Pressure Monitoring Outside the Clinic Setting:
Quality Assessment Form
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23appf.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®		2002		109KB	10 pages
Contents: Appendix F. Utility of Blood Pressure Monitoring Outside the Clinic Setting:
Reproducibility of White-Coat Hypertension
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24acros.wpd	Corel WordPerfect® Document	Corel WordPerfect®	6/7/8/9/10	6KB	1 page
Contents: Acronyms
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AHRQ Publication No. 03-E004
Current as of November 2002


Internet Citation:

Utility of Blood Pressure Monitoring Outside of the Clinic Setting. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 63. AHRQ Publication No. 03-E004, November 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/bpmoninv.htm


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