Self-Monitoring With Coping Skills and Lifestyle Education for Hypertension Control in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT: Self-monitoring with support, lifestyle modifications, and emotion management improves blood pressure (BP). Patients with hypertension need continual support to modify behaviors, but time pressures limit lifestyle education in primary care settings. Using mixed methods, we aimed to study the feasibility and acceptability of an innovative 6-week program that combined self-monitoring with coping skills and lifestyle education for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Patients with uncontrolled hypertension interested in lifestyle modifications before intensifying medications were enrolled from primary care clinics. Patients self-monitored emotions, behaviors, and BPs and received education from medical providers and mind-body therapists through shared medical appointments (SMAs) with an o

SUBMITTER: Patil SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11654848 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature