Pharmacy-based hypertension care employing mHealth in Lagos, Nigeria - a mixed methods feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to quality hypertension care is often poor in sub-Saharan Africa. Some community pharmacies offer hypertension monitoring services, with and without involvement of medical doctors. To directly connect pharmacy staff and cardiologists a care model including a mobile application (mHealth) for remote patient monitoring was implemented and pilot tested in Lagos, Nigeria. Pharmacists provided blood pressure measurements and counselling. Cardiologists enrolled patients in the pilot program and remotely monitored them, for which patients paid a monthly fee. We evaluated the feasibility of this care model at five private community pharmacies. Outcome measures were retention in care, blood pressure change, quality of care, and patients' and healthcare providers' satisfacti

SUBMITTER: Nelissen HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6277995 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature