An online spaced-education game among clinicians improves their patients' time to blood pressure control: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients with high blood pressure (BP) do not have antihypertensive medications appropriately intensified at clinician visits. We investigated whether an online spaced-education (SE) game among primary care clinicians can decrease time to BP target among their hypertensive patients.

Methods and results

A 2-arm randomized trial was conducted over 52 weeks among primary care clinicians at 8 hospitals. Educational content consisted of 32 validated multiple-choice questions with explanations on hypertension management. Providers were randomized into 2 groups: SE clinicians were enrolled in the game, whereas control clinicians received identical educational content in an online posting. SE game clinicians were e-mailed 1 question every 3 days. Adaptive game mechan

SUBMITTER: Kerfoot BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4040124 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature