Long-term Outcomes of the Effects of Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Pharmacist Management on Blood Pressure Among Adults With Uncontrolled Hypertension: Follow-up of a Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease. The results were previously reported of a trial of home blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring and pharmacist management intervention in which the interventions stopped after 12 months. There were significantly greater reductions in systolic BP (SBP) in the intervention group than in the usual care group at 6, 12, and 18 months (-10.7, -9.7, and -6.6 mm Hg, respectively).

Objectives

To examine the durability of the intervention effect on BP through 54 months of follow-up and to compare BP measurements performed in the research clinic and in routine clinical care.

Design, setting, and participants

Follow-up of a cluster randomized clinical trial among 16 primary care clinics and 450 patients with uncontr

SUBMITTER: Margolis KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324502 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature