Randomized Trial of a Social Support Intervention to Improve Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Patients With Cerebrovascular Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A pilot randomized trial evaluating whether a social support intervention improves adherence to home blood pressure (BP) monitoring among patients with cerebrovascular disease.

Methods

Subjects with ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, or transient ischemic attack within 5 years with BP >140/90, were given a centrally monitored home BP cuff and asked to check their BP twice a day for 90 ± 7 days. Subjects received text and/or email reminders for missed measurements and weekly reports on adherence/BP control. Subjects were randomized 1:1 to a social support intervention, in which close personal contact also received all study-related education and communications. The primary outcome was the proportion of requested measurements completed. A secondary outcome w

SUBMITTER: Mullen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10627537 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature