NCT05394376

Determining Change In Blood Pressure Due to Environment and Loudness

DECIBEL(S): Determining Change In Blood Pressure Due to Environment and Loudness

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (actual)
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Determine the effects of environment and sound on initial and average triplicate screening blood pressure done according to clinical practice guidelines with an automated device. Standardly obtained blood pressures obtained in a noisy, busy, public space will be higher than attended blood pressures obtained (1) in the same environment but with earplugs to minimize sound and (2) in a quiet, private space without surrounding activity.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Level of noise and environment (public vs private) while taking blood pressure measurement	Each participant will have 4 sets of 3 blood pressure measurements taken. The participants will be randomized to the order in which the level of noise in their environment changes and whether they are in a public or private setting prior to each set of measurements.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-09
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-06-01
• First posted: 2022-05-27
• Last updated: 2023-09-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States