Baseline Antihypertensive Drug Count and Patient Response to Hypertension Medication Management.

ABSTRACT: Telemedicine-based medication management improves hypertension control, but has been evaluated primarily in patients with low antihypertensive drug counts. Its impact on patients taking three or more antihypertensive agents is not well-established. To address this evidence gap, the authors conducted an exploratory analysis of an 18-month, 591-patient trial of telemedicine-based hypertension medication management. Using general linear models, the effect of medication management on blood pressure for patients taking two or fewer antihypertensive agents at study baseline vs those taking three or more was compared. While patients taking two or fewer antihypertensive agents had a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure with medication management, those taking three or more had no such

SUBMITTER: Crowley MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4792789 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature