How to Tell if Your Home Blood Pressure Monitor is Accurate. A Doctor Explains

Is your blood pressure monitor accurate? If you don’t know, you should definitely find out and I discuss how in this video!

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[hotchihuahua]

I surfed through other videos on the same subject !
I liked your explanation on what to do in testing but I was also impressed with your bedside manner !
You seem like a great doctor ! ❤

[gereathahammond-hjoo]

Thank you Dr for the great tips on blood pressure readings❤

[Batko]

I was getting consistent readings at home around 110-120/60-70 with my BP monitor. However, at the doctor's office I was always around 130-140/70-80. I brought my BP monitor in during a check up and it matched almost exactly with the doctor's higher BP reading. The diagnosis was "White Coat Syndrome!" Apparently, I just get nervous when I'm at the doctor's office and the readings are higher. LOL

[arthurbutcher]

Look at this doctor right here. My pressure went up. I should start listening and stop looking

[jesusguerrero]

YES "DR CAUDLE" IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!!👍👍👍👍

[southernsass]

Thank you Dr Jen ❤
Great info. I have this same
BP monitor.

[jeffgrey]

Excellent video! I ran in the same problem at home and even at the doctors office. The automated blood pressure machine at my home, and at my doctors office very much inaccurate, once to use the manual cuff with the stethoscope my BP was normal. At home I was getting 150/95. With the manual process it was 122/72. Crazy!

[ceritapulliam]

Also, you are suppose to wait at least 3min before you use the same arm to check your pressure. 😊

[estevenchefduncan]

This is very important to me because I always checking my blood pressure on i always saying the things that you say is my pressure right or wrong doctor thanks a lot

[MB]

Thanks dr. I needed this info right now.

[pujadas]

At home with Omron mechine Diastolic bp shows 98 and when i check it on medical shop with manual Diastolic comes 82 which one should I consider??? My systolic bp is always normal sometimes little low

[pw]

Typically the higher the pressure the tester goes to the higher the reading will be. A nurse with a manual tester does not always go to the exact pressure or prescribed pressure. Most manual testers prescribe 160 psi, but the nurse may only go to 150 or overshoot to 170. The result will be lower or higher than if 160 had been the prescribed level.
Also, small battery operated testers use small batteries and of only 1.5 volts and the voltage will drop each test run and the 2nd and 3rd tests will ALWAYS BE LOWER. Good quality manual testers will therefore be more consistent if you pump it up to the same pressure each tme.

[ifixeditmyself]

Great advice.. this was extremely helpful. Thank you! 😊

[DRNKONWTR]

I get similar readings from the two different brand BP monitors I have at home. But my numbers are always so different (much higher) at a doctor's office. I don't suffer from white coat syndrome at all. My hypertension doctor says to monitor my BP but what's the point if I can't find a monitor that is accurate. This is my third and fourth monitor. Might I add, I asked the RN to take my BP manually because every time they do it matches my home readings. Some doctors get offended when I ask but I just don't understand how my monitors can be so off every single time. 134/83 at home (Range). The office is 160/94 (range).

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to address the issue.

[SpanishINAtlanta]

There is a serious problem out there with extra large cuffs! I like Omron monitors but they don't sell xlarge cuffs just standard and I dont trust other brands!! I feel like its a waste of time and effort to get a monitor that may give you false readings. What other brands do you recommend that are highly accurate and that offer xlarge cuffs? I have read that using an extra large cuff from another company may also affect the readings! Very frustrating!

[sabeehb]

I am dubious about all these home BP monitors. I have one from a supposedly top manufacturer and it gives ridiculous readings. Taking an average is ok but it is wildly inaccurate e.g. the other day it showed on my left arm 150 / 93 which is pretty high. I took it again a couple of minutes later same arm and was 132 / 81. This make zero sense. Batteries are fine in fact recently changed. If I cannot trust my machine then what use is it to bother checking !

[azdhan]

Great video! Can you please speak to the accuracy of pharmacy based public kiosk blood pressure monitors vs those monitors bought for home use. I saw a google article from Harvard Health suggested that the pharmacy ones cannot be totally trusted due to their one size cuff not propely accomodating people with arms too small or too big. Also I read that as these monitors dom’t have a requirement for their accuracy to be confirmed and calibrated over time, the can lose accuracy over time. Thanks

[michaelriddick]

Today I checked at home then at Publix where their equipment... And got 118/75... Then when I went to take my dot exam they had the top at 152.... And I can't work until I pass my exam

[harryfoster]

Good morning thanks you much love ❤️ u have a great day 😊 ❤

[sidneywhite]

I don’t understand the validate web site? Are the units listed accurate?