Performance of wearable watch-type home blood pressure measurement devices in a real-world clinical sample.

Blood pressure Hypertension Monitoring Wearable blood pressure watches

Journal

Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society
ISSN: 1861-0692
Titre abrégé: Clin Res Cardiol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101264123

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 18 09 2023
accepted: 29 11 2023
medline: 19 12 2023
pubmed: 19 12 2023
entrez: 19 12 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Independent testing of home blood pressure (BP) measurement (HBPM) devices is often lacking, particularly among older and multi-morbid patients. We studied the Bpro G2 (using tonometry), Omron HeartGuide (using occlusive oscillometric technology), and Heartisans (using photoplethysmography) wrist watch HBPM devices against a gold standard brachial sphygmomanometer. To test device performance, we used the ISO81060-2 protocol (though this protocol cannot formally validate cuffless devices). We also used linear mixed models to compare adjusted longitudinal BP measurements between devices. Finally, as a surrogate for usability, we recorded instances of device failure where no BP measurement was returned. We enrolled 128 participants (median [Q1-Q3] age 53 [40-65] years, 51% male, 46% on antihypertensive drugs), of whom 100 were suitable for the primary analysis. All three devices had mean BP values within 5 mmHg of sphygmomanometry. However, due to insufficient reliability (e.g., wider than accepted standard deviations of mean BP), none of the three devices passed all criteria required by the ISO81060-2 protocol. In adjusted longitudinal analyses, the Omron device also systematically underestimated systolic and diastolic BP (- 8.46 mmHg; 95% CI 6.07, 10.86; p < 0.001; and - 2.53 mmHg; 95% CI - 4.03, - 1.03; p = 0.001; respectively). Nevertheless, compared to the Omron device, BPro and Heartisans devices had increased odds of failure (BPro: odds ratio [OR] 5.24; p < 0.0001; Heartisans: OR 5.61; p < 0.001). While we could not formally validate the cuffless devices, our results show that wearable technologies will require improvements to offer reliable BP assessment. This study also highlights the need for validation protocols specifically designed for cuffless BP measurement technologies.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Independent testing of home blood pressure (BP) measurement (HBPM) devices is often lacking, particularly among older and multi-morbid patients.
METHODS METHODS
We studied the Bpro G2 (using tonometry), Omron HeartGuide (using occlusive oscillometric technology), and Heartisans (using photoplethysmography) wrist watch HBPM devices against a gold standard brachial sphygmomanometer. To test device performance, we used the ISO81060-2 protocol (though this protocol cannot formally validate cuffless devices). We also used linear mixed models to compare adjusted longitudinal BP measurements between devices. Finally, as a surrogate for usability, we recorded instances of device failure where no BP measurement was returned.
RESULTS RESULTS
We enrolled 128 participants (median [Q1-Q3] age 53 [40-65] years, 51% male, 46% on antihypertensive drugs), of whom 100 were suitable for the primary analysis. All three devices had mean BP values within 5 mmHg of sphygmomanometry. However, due to insufficient reliability (e.g., wider than accepted standard deviations of mean BP), none of the three devices passed all criteria required by the ISO81060-2 protocol. In adjusted longitudinal analyses, the Omron device also systematically underestimated systolic and diastolic BP (- 8.46 mmHg; 95% CI 6.07, 10.86; p < 0.001; and - 2.53 mmHg; 95% CI - 4.03, - 1.03; p = 0.001; respectively). Nevertheless, compared to the Omron device, BPro and Heartisans devices had increased odds of failure (BPro: odds ratio [OR] 5.24; p < 0.0001; Heartisans: OR 5.61; p < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
While we could not formally validate the cuffless devices, our results show that wearable technologies will require improvements to offer reliable BP assessment. This study also highlights the need for validation protocols specifically designed for cuffless BP measurement technologies.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38112747
doi: 10.1007/s00392-023-02353-7
pii: 10.1007/s00392-023-02353-7
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Subventions

Organisme : Science Foundation Ireland Research
ID : 15/RP/2765
Organisme : Science Foundation Ireland Research
ID : 19/FFP/7002

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.

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Auteurs

Mattia Lunardi (M)

Department of Cardiology, Saolta Group, Galway University Hospital, Health Service Executive and University of Galway, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland.
The Smart Sensors Laboratory at the Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine and CURAM, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Farooq Muhammad (F)

The Smart Sensors Laboratory at the Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine and CURAM, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.

Atif Shahzad (A)

The Smart Sensors Laboratory at the Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine and CURAM, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.

Asma Nadeem (A)

The Smart Sensors Laboratory at the Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine and CURAM, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.

Lisa Combe (L)

The Smart Sensors Laboratory at the Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine and CURAM, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.

Andrew J Simpkin (AJ)

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Insight Centre for Data Analytics, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.

Faisal Sharif (F)

Department of Cardiology, Saolta Group, Galway University Hospital, Health Service Executive and University of Galway, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland.

William Wijns (W)

The Smart Sensors Laboratory at the Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine and CURAM, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.

John W McEvoy (JW)

Department of Cardiology, Saolta Group, Galway University Hospital, Health Service Executive and University of Galway, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland. johnwilliam.mcevoy@universityofgalway.ie.

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