BACKGROUND Advances in ubiquitous computing, smart homes, and sensor technologies enable novel, longitudinal health monitoring applications in the home. Many home monitoring technologies have been proposed to detect health crises, support aging-in-place, and improve medical care. Health professionals and potential end users in the lay public, however, sometimes question whether home health moni...

BACKGROUND Repeated exposure to household air pollution may intermittently raise blood pressure (BP) and affect cardiovascular outcomes. We investigated whether hourly carbon monoxide (CO) exposures were associated with acute increases in ambulatory blood pressure (ABP); and secondarily, if switching to an improved cookstove was associated with BP changes. We also evaluated the feasibility of u...

Home blood pressure (BP) monitoring has been shown to be more effective than clinic BP monitoring for diagnosing and treating hypertension. However, reimbursement of home BP monitoring is uncommon in the United States because of a lack of evidence that it is cost beneficial for insurers. We develop a decision-analytic model, which we use to conduct a cost-benefit analysis from the perspective o...

INTRODUCTION Home blood pressure monitoring has several advantages over blood pressure monitoring at a physician's office, and has become a useful instrument in the management of hypertension. OBJECTIVE To explore the rate and characteristics of patients who measure their blood pressure at home. METHODS A sample of 2,752 patients with diagnosis of essential arterial hypertension was selecte...

Home capillary blood glucose (CBG) monitoring is the standard of care for patients with diabetes (1,2). Patients with type 1 diabetes should monitor their CBG concentration at least three or four times daily, and patients with type 2 diabetes should probably monitor their CBG concentration at least twice a day (1). Nevertheless, up to 67% of patients with diabetes fail to routinely monitor thei...

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is more accurate than clinic and home monitoring in diagnosing hypertension. A diagnostic strategy for hypertension using ABPM following an initial raised clinic reading would reduce misdiagnosis and NHS costs. If the first and second measurements taken during a consultation are both > or = 140/90 mmHg, 24-hour ABPM should be used to confirm the diagn...

AIM To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the effectiveness of home monitoring devices in the prevention of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). METHODS Systematic literature review to June 30, 2010. RESULTS Eleven unique studies were identified. Only one of these studies involved a comparison of home monitoring with a control intervention and so could be deemed level I evidence. The r...

The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using home telecare for monitoring cystic fibrosis (CF). Five adolescents were asked to use a home telecare system during a routine hospital visit over one week. Frequency of use was measured from computer logs. Unacceptable measurements were identified by visual inspection. User impressions of home telecare and appropriateness o...

BACKGROUND Home blood pressure (BP) monitoring is gaining increasing popularity among patients and may be useful in hypertension management. Little is known about the reliability of stroke patients' records of home BP monitoring. OBJECTIVE To assess the reliability of home BP recording in hypertensive patients who had suffered a recent stroke or transient ischaemic attack. METHODS Thirty-ni...