Blood pressure and personal-level environmental temperature
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The relationship between blood pressure and personal-level environmental temperature
IRAS ID
195346
Contact name
Jesse Dawson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS GG&C
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 0 days
Research summary
The study aims to assess the relationship between 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measures and simultaneously recorded readings of personal-level environmental temperature. This is important to establish in greater detail. We know that cold increases blood pressure and that this may explain the increase in cardiovascular events we see in colder periods. A greater understanding may allow simple public health measures to mitigate this risk.
The study will be undertaken in the winter months in the Blood Pressure Clinic at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow (QEUH). We will recruit consecutive patients who require 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).
Participants will undergo ABPM using the normal clinical protocol in the QEUH. We will add a small (17mm diameter x 6mm high) battery powered, digital thermometer (temperature probe) to the ABPM pocket and to the outside of the participants clothing. This will monitor temperature at 1 minute intervals throughout the day.
We will then examine the relationship between the multiple temperature and blood pressure readings to assess the effect of temperature on blood pressure.REC name
London - City & East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/0225
Date of REC Opinion
22 Jan 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion