Blood pressure variability in individuals with diabetes mellitus: a scoping review

OBJECTIVES: to map methods and devices used to assess very short-, short-, medium-, and long-term pressure variability in adults with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: scoping review conducted in January and February 2021 in MEDLINE, Web of Science, CINAHL, LILACS, PubMed, and Embase databases. Studies conducted within the last ten years analyzing pressure variability in adult and older patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2 were included. Studies that used discontinued devices were excluded. RESULTS: the sample was composed of 25 articles published since 2017, with the majority developed in Japan (n=11); with the predominance of the oscillometric method (n=22); the most used devices were from the Omron(®) brand (n=14); the most detected type was long-term variability (n=10). CONCLUSIONS: we observed the increasing application of the oscillometric method for pressure variability analysis with various brands and models of automatic devices.