KESESUAIAN TIPE TENSIMETER PEGAS DAN TENSIMETERDIGITAL TERHADAP PENGUKURAN TEKANAN DARAHPADA USIA DEWASA

Background: Blood pressure and pulse are crucially vital in health care especially in medical sphere, since both of those sections are factors that can be used as indicator to assess a person’s cardiovascular system. Blood pressure is measured in millimeter of mercury (mmHg), and recorded as two different measurements such as systolic blood pressure and diastolic. Sphygmomanometer can be used to measure blood pressure. The congruence of sphygmomanometer is fundamental to prevent an error in measuring blood pressure. Aim: This research is aimed to prove that there is an agreement between aneroid sphygmomanometer and digital sphygmomanometer in measuring blood pressure. Methods: This study was an observational study with cross-sectional design. Samples were obtained by simple random sampling from March to April 2016. Samples were obtained from 50 subjects with three times of observation in each subject. Then, the data will be analyzed by using Cohen’s Kappa. Results: Result of the research shows that the measure of kappa systolic blood pressure using manual and digital sphygmomanometer is κ=0.855 , it indicates the existent of congruence consistency between devices is excellent or sufficiently high. The measure of kappa as a result of sphygmomanometer manual and digital usage in diastolic blood pressure is κ=0.737, it indicates the existent of congruence consistency between devices is well. Conclusion: There is an agreement between aneroid sphygmomanoemetr and digital sphygmomanometer in measuring blood pressure. Keywords: Blood Pressure, Aneroid Sphygmomanometer, Digital Sphygmomanometer, Systolic, Diastolic