Please complete this questionnaire if requested by your GP Practice. If you have a SystmOnline account please use this to submit your readings.

Instructions: 

1. In the morning, ensure that you are rested and have taken no exercise in the last 30 minutes.

2. Then sit in a chair comfortably upright with your arm supported on a table beside you, with both feet on the ground.

3. Put the cuff on your upper arm (5cm above your elbow) resting on the table, the cuff should be roughly at the level of your heart.

4. Press the on/start button on the BP monitor and take two readings at least 1 minute apart.

5. Record the second reading below with your pulse rate and any comments.

6. Repeat that morning & evening for a total of 7 consecutive days using alternate arms. 

For a list of validated home blood pressure monitors, visit https://bihsoc.org/bp-monitors/ or discuss with your pharmacy

 

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