Blood pressure measurement practices in children and adolescents within primary care setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Poor compliance to the technical aspects of blood pressure (BP) measurement procedure may lead to inaccurate estimation of BP and misclassification of patients. However, the latter have not been explored systematically. We aimed to assess real-life BP measurement practices in Lithuanian children and adolescents at the primary care setting, and their compliance with current European Society of Hypertension (ESH) guidelines.

Methods

Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted in Lithuania. The study population included parents, who have children aged 0-17 years, and was further enriched by adolescents aged 14-17 years. Original questionnaires were developed and used to survey the participants.

Results

Study included 1,504 parents and 448 adolescents. Median age

SUBMITTER: Ceponyte K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11968715 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature