Effects of an interactive web-based support system via mobile phone on preference-based patient participation in patients living with hypertension - a randomized controlled trial in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the effects of an interactive web-based support system via mobile phone on preference-based patient participation in patients with hypertension treated in primary care (compared with standard hypertensive care only).

Design

A parallel group, non-blinded, randomized controlled trial, conducted October 2018-February 2021. Besides standard hypertensive care, the intervention group received eight weeks of support via mobile phone to facilitate self-monitoring and self-management, tentatively providing for augmented patient engagement.

Setting

31 primary healthcare centers in Sweden.

Subjects

949 patients treated for hypertension.

Main outcome measures

The effects on preference-based patient participation, that is, the matc

SUBMITTER: Vestala H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10851821 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature