The effect of clothes on blood pressure measurement

Authors

  • Nurcan Ertuğ
  • Tugba Cakal
  • Syeda Busra Ozturk
  • Muhammet Verim

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.331.11811

Keywords:

Blood pressure, Blood pressure measurement, Clothes, Health professionals, Sphygmomanometer.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the effect of clothes on blood pressure measurement.

Methods: One group pretest-posttest design was used in this study. The study consisted of 162 undergraduate students studying nursing and physiotherapy at a university in Ankara, Turkey. Blood pressure was measured over the sleeve and below a rolled-up sleeve with a mercury-filled column sphygmomanometer. All blood pressure measurements were performed on the right arm during morning hours by the same nurse. Each participant

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Published

2017-02-23

How to Cite

Ertuğ, N., Cakal, T., Ozturk, S. B., & Verim, M. (2017). The effect of clothes on blood pressure measurement. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.331.11811

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2017): January – February 2017 Pak J Med Sci

Section

Original Articles