Smartphone / smartwatch-based cuffless blood pressure measurement : a position paper from the Korean Society of Hypertension

• Published in: Clinical hypertension Vol. 27; no. 1; p. 4
• Main Authors: Lee, Hae Young, Lee, Dong-Ju, Seo, Jongmo, Ihm, Sang-Hyun, Kim, Kwang-Il, Cho, Eun Joo, Kim, Hyeon Chang, Shin, Jinho, Park, Sungha, Sohn, Il-Suk, Chung, Wook-Jin, Ryu, Sung Kee, Sung, Ki Chul, Kim, Juhan, Kim, Dae-Hee, Pyun, Wook Bum
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 25.01.2021; BioMed Central; BMC; 대한고혈압학회
• Subjects: Accuracy; Bias; Blood pressure; Calibration; Hypertension; Industrialized nations; Innovations; Letter to the Editor; Measurement; Medical equipment; Plethysmography; Sensors; Smart phones; Smartphone; Smartphones; Values; Wearable computers; 내과학; Hypertension; Measurement; Blood pressure; Smartphone; Plethysmography
• ISSN: 2056-5909; 1342-2154; 2635-6325; 2056-5909
• DOI: 10.1186/s40885-020-00158-8

Smartphone technology has spread rapidly around the globe. According to a report released by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, about 95% of Koreans aged more than 30 years old owned smartphones. Recently, blood pressure (BP) measurement using a photoplethysmography-based smartphone algorithm paired with the smartwatch is continuously evolving. In this document, the Korean Society of Hypertension intends to remark the current results of smartphone / smartwatch-based BP measurement and recommend optimal BP measurement methods using a smartphone device. We aim to increase the likelihood of success in implementing these new technologies into improved hypertension awareness, diagnosis, and control.