| Accuracy Assessment | Recommendation | Basis | |
| BP | Medaval | ★★ Recommendation | Recent clinical validation; recent protocol |
| BP | BIHS (UK and IRL) | Self-measurement | Published evidence |
| BP | Stride BP | Self-measurement for adults and diabetes mellitus (Preferred) (Not validated in DM) | Published evidence |
| Consumer Body | Year(s) | Level | Comment | |
| BP | Consumer Reports (US) | 2018-2025 | Very Good | |
| BP | Amazon Best Sellers (US) | Latest: 2019 | B (3.4 / 5) |
Chahine MN, Topouchian J, Zelveian P, Hakobyan Z, Melkonyan A, Azaki A, Diab R, Harb A, Asmar R. Validation of BP devices QardioArm® in the general population and Omron M6 Comfort® in type II diabetic patients according to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol (ESH-IP). Med Devices (Auckl). 2017 Dec 27;11:11-20. doi: 10.2147/MDER.S142126. PMID: 29343992. Available from: PMC5749560. eCollection 2018.
ESH-IP:2010 - Pass General population
Mazoteras Pardo V, Losa Iglesias ME, López Chicharro J, Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo R. The QardioArm App in the Assessment of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate: Reliability and Validity Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2017 Dec;5(12):e198. Epub: 2017 Dec 15. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.8458. PMID: 29246880. Available from: PMC5747597.
The reference device used was the Omron M3 (HEM-7200-E). However, this is a major and fundamental violation of the protocol requirements. Despite its claims, this study is simply a comparison of two devices and cannot be considered as a validation according to the ESH-IP protocol.
Mazoteras Pardo V, Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo R, Losa Iglesias ME, López López D, Palomo López P, Rodríguez Sanz D, Calvo Lobo C. The QardioArm Blood Pressure App for Self-Measurement in an Obese Population: Validation Study Using the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol Revision 2010. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Oct;6(10):e11632. Epub: 2018 Oct 25. doi: 10.2196/11632. PMID: 30361193. Available from: PMC6229517.
The reference device used was the Omron M3 Intellisense (HEM-7051-E). However, this is a major and fundamental violation of the protocol requirements. Despite its claims, this study is simply a comparison of two devices and cannot be considered as a validation according to the ESH-IP protocol.
Mazoteras-Pardo V, Becerro-De-Bengoa-Vallejo R, Losa-Iglesias ME, López-López D, Rodríguez-Sanz D, Casado-Hernández I, Calvo-Lobo C, Palomo-López P. QardioArm Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor Against Omron M3 Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Validation Study According to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol Revision 2010. J Med Internet Res. 2019 Dec 2;21(12):e14686. doi: 10.2196/14686. PMID: 31789600.
The reference device used was the Omron M3 Intellisense (HEM-7051-E). However, this is a major and fundamental violation of the protocol requirements. Despite its claims, this study is simply a comparison of two devices and cannot be considered as a validation according to the ESH-IP protocol.
Mazoteras-Pardo V, Becerro-De-Bengoa-Vallejo R, Losa-Iglesias ME, Martínez-Jiménez EM, Calvo-Lobo C, Romero-Morales C, López-López D, Palomo-López P. QardioArm Blood Pressure Monitoring in a Population With Type 2 Diabetes: Validation Study. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Jul 24;22(7):e19781. doi: 10.2196/19781. PMID: 32706672. Available from: PMC7414407.
The reference device used was the Omron M3 Intellisense (HEM-7051-E). However, this is a major and fundamental violation of the protocol requirements. Despite its claims, this study is simply a comparison of two devices and cannot be considered as a validation according to the ESH-IP protocol.