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Post by wannaberat on Aug 4, 2022 23:11:31 GMT -5
I'm getting myself ready for my first screening in a couple of weeks.
I bought myself a blood pressure cuff monitor. So far my bp looks pretty good. Usually comes in at around 110/65 -ish.
My heart rate is sometimes below 60, tho. But never below 55.
Just wondering where I might run into problems.
TY!
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Post by skinnyforcepts on Aug 5, 2022 3:11:37 GMT -5
I would say 60 is generally the cutoff minimum, with some studies being as low as 50, but honestly getting your heartrate up to 60 isn't that hard. When staff isn't looking just do a lot of fast paced shallow breathing, scrunch your hands ( and close your fists to pump blood pressure up), and just kick your legs real quick even. If you need to, call places in advance and ask them to tell you their heartrate requirement for a given study. Some places won't budge and don't tell participants anything, but sometimes if you are persistent but polite and just tell them you don't want to travel far for nothing, they will give up basic protocol info (they often tell you they don't know anything and it's up to medical staff, and you will find out during screening/informed consent, but that is mostly bs).
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Post by wannaberat on Aug 5, 2022 4:23:40 GMT -5
I would say 60 is generally the cutoff minimum, with some studies being as low as 50, but honestly getting your heartrate up to 60 isn't that hard. When staff isn't looking just do a lot of fast paced shallow breathing, scrunch your hands ( and close your fists to pump blood pressure up), and just kick your legs real quick even. If you need to, call places in advance and ask them to tell you their heartrate requirement for a given study. Some places won't budge and don't tell participants anything, but sometimes if you are persistent but polite and just tell them you don't want to travel far for nothing, they will give up basic protocol info (they often tell you they don't know anything and it's up to medical staff, and you will find out during screening/informed consent, but that is mostly bs). Excellent! I just tried it and I think I can make it work  Also...whilst on the subject of vitals, can you give me any parameters on the upper and lower limits for BP? For example I know that above 120 is considered hypertension, but it seems like some people on here have gotten thru screening above that, and below 140. I'm guessing that probably varies from study to study too? Thanks for the fast response. I totally appreciate it |
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Post by skinnyforcepts on Aug 5, 2022 4:47:57 GMT -5
I would say 60 is generally the cutoff minimum, with some studies being as low as 50, but honestly getting your heartrate up to 60 isn't that hard. When staff isn't looking just do a lot of fast paced shallow breathing, scrunch your hands ( and close your fists to pump blood pressure up), and just kick your legs real quick even. If you need to, call places in advance and ask them to tell you their heartrate requirement for a given study. Some places won't budge and don't tell participants anything, but sometimes if you are persistent but polite and just tell them you don't want to travel far for nothing, they will give up basic protocol info (they often tell you they don't know anything and it's up to medical staff, and you will find out during screening/informed consent, but that is mostly bs). Excellent! I just tried it and I think I can make it work ![:)]() Also...whilst on the subject of vitals, can you give me any parameters on the upper and lower limits for BP? For example I know that above 120 is considered hypertension, but it seems like some people on here have gotten thru screening above that, and below 140. I'm guessing that probably varies from study to study too? Thanks for the fast response. I totally appreciate it I don't want to give false info as BP is always ok for me, so I don't usually check for those parameters, but it is true that 120 is generally the upper limit for diastolic. As long as diastolic is under 120 you're good, but if it's over 120 you can pass for some studies. It really just varies study to study, so it pays to ask the screening staff for specific parameters you're interested in over the phone. Some places are upfront, others are reserved but will give it if you push, others won't tell you anything. It just depends. Aim for 120 as the vast majority of studies from my limited knowledge, want you to have it under that for diastolic. That said if it's over but your heart rate, heart values, labs, and everything else is good, you can get in to a lot of studies if your Diastolic BP is under 140 (especially if it's b.line on 120 and everything else is good). Honestly I'll just reiterate, aim for 120. |
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