Nurse-led hypertension management was well accepted and non-inferior to physician consultation in a Chinese population: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to evaluate if nurse-led repeated prescription (NRP) could ensure non-inferior disease control and would be accepted in Chinese patients with controlled hypertension (HT) in primary care clinics. A 12-month follow-up non-inferiority randomized trial was conducted. The non-inferior margins for systolic and diastolic blood pressure were 6.6 mmHg and 3.7 mmHg, respectively. Eligible patients (>18 years of age) with HT were randomized to the NRP and usual care (UC) groups for their regular clinical follow-up. We used ANCOVA to study the difference-of-difference of the blood pressures between the two groups. The levels of patient acceptance and experience of NRP were assessed by the observed opt-out rate and a qualitative analysis. We found no statistically signif

SUBMITTER: Yip BHK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6037742 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature