Table 4.
Automated blood pressure measuring devices for self measurement at the upper arm validated using the protocols of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and the British Hypertension Society. For the first seven devices grading criteria had not been established although the British protocol was in use.13 Devices were validated in oscillometric mode unless otherwise indicated
| Device | Protocol
|
Use | Recommendation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAMI* | BHS (systolic/ diastolic)† | |||
| Omron HEM-400C9 | Failed | Failed | At rest | Not recommended |
| Philips HP5308 (auscultatory mode)9 | Failed | Failed | At rest | Not recommended |
| Philips HP5306/B9 | Failed | Failed | At rest | Not recommended |
| Healthcheck CX-5 0600209 | Failed | Failed | At rest | Not recommended |
| Nissei analogue monitor (auscultatory mode)9 | Failed | Failed | At rest | Not recommended |
| Systema Dr MI-1509 | Failed | Failed | At rest | Not recommended |
| Fortec Dr MI-1009 | Failed | Failed | At rest | Not recommended |
| Philips HP533220 | Failed | C/A | At rest | Not recommended |
| Nissei DS-17520 | Failed | D/A | At rest | Not recommended |
| Omron HEM-705CP20 | Passed | B/A | At rest | Recommended |
| Omron HEM-70621 | Passed | B/C | At rest | Not recommended |
| Omron HEM-403C22 | Failed | C/C | Protocol violation | Not recommended |
| Omron HEM-703CP23 | Passed | NA | Intra-arterial | Questionable recommendation |
| Omron M424 | Passed | A/A | Only abstract available; details missing | Questionable recommendation |
| Omron MX224 | Passed | A/A | Only abstract available; details missing | Questionable recommendation |
| Omron HEM-722C25 | NA | A/A | Protocol violation | Questionable recommendation |
| Omron HEM-722C26 | Passed | A/A | At rest in elderly people | Recommended |
| Omron HEM-735C26 | Passed | B/A | At rest in elderly people | Recommended |
| Omron HEM-713C27 | Passed | B/B | At rest | Recommended |
| Omron HEM-737 Intellisense28 | Passed | B/B | At rest | Recommended |
| Visomat OZ229 | Passed | C/B | At rest | Not recommended |
AAMI=Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation; BHS=British Hypertension Society; NA=not applied.
To meet AAMI criteria the mean difference between the device and the mercury standard must be ⩽5 mm Hg or the standard deviation must be ⩽8 mm Hg.
To meet BHS criteria devices must achieve a grade of at least B for both systolic and diastolic measurements. Grade A denotes greatest agreement with mercury standard and D denotes least agreement.