Financial incentives for hypertension control: rationale and study design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Even though the effectiveness of lifestyle modifications and antihypertensive pharmaceutical treatment for the prevention of hypertension and its complications have been demonstrated in randomized controlled trials, the benefits of adhering to these treatments have not been popularized among the general public. Studies suggest that incentive approaches based on behavioral economic concepts can improve patients' adherence to treatment. Therefore, we aimed to test whether financial incentives will reduce the blood pressure (BP) of hypertensive patients in China.

Methods/design

This is a multicenter, randomized controlled trial with two parallel arms. A total of 400 participants from six cities in the Liaoning and Shanxi provinces of China are block-randomized into i

SUBMITTER: Zheng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998348 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature