Impact of Push Notifications on Physical Activity and Sodium Intake Among Patients with Hypertension: Microrandomized Trial of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Achieving adequate blood pressure control is challenging for patients and clinicians. Digital hypertension management solutions that use push notifications to promote lifestyle management have been proposed as an approach, but their effectiveness remains unknown.

Objective

This analysis was designed to interrogate the independent and short-term effects of push notifications, tailored to participant and environmental factors, and on physical activity levels and sodium intake among individuals with hypertension.

Methods

The myBPmyLife study was a 6-month randomized controlled trial of participants with self-reported hypertension recruited from an academic medical center and federally qualified health centers. A core component of the intervention consisted of

SUBMITTER: Golbus JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12779098 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature