Cuff(SZ): The Cuff Size Blood Pressure Measurement Trial

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Conditions studied: Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Risk Factor

In brief

To determine the impact of overcuffing (using a too-large cuff) and undercuffing (using a too-small cuff) on initial BP and average BP measurements when using an automated BP device, overall and stratified by appropriate cuff size To determine if the impact over- or under-cuffing differs based on the following patient characteristics: 1. Hypertensive (≥140/90 based on triplicate measures using appropriately sized cuff) vs. non-hypertensive. 2. Arm circumference (continuous) 3. Obesity status

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04610775

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

194

Starts

2021-03-16

Expected to finish

2021-10-25

Last updated by the study team

2021-12-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18-80

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of the following on both arms: rashes, gauze dressings, casts, edema, paralysis, tubes, open sores or wounds, withered arms, A-V shunts, or if blood has been drawn from arm within last week.
• Being mentally impaired, pregnant.
• Arm circumference exceeding 50 cm.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins ProHealth Research Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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