Assessment of the Relationship Between Ambient Temperature and Home Blood Pressure in Patients From a Web-Based Synchronous Telehealth Care Program: Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decreased ambient temperature significantly increases office blood pressure, but few studies have evaluated the effect of ambient temperature on home blood pressure.

Objective

We aimed to investigate the relationship between short-term ambient temperature exposure and home blood pressure.

Methods

We recruited patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases from a telehealth care program at a university-affiliated hospital. Blood pressure was measured at home by patients or their caregivers. We obtained hourly meteorological data for Taipei (temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed) for the same time period from the Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan.

Results

From 2009 to 2013, we enrolled a total of 253 patients. Mean patient age was 70.28 (SD 13.79)

SUBMITTER: Huang CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6421515 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature