Effect of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring via a Smartphone Hypertension Coaching Application or Tracking Application on Adults With Uncontrolled Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mobile applications (apps) may help improve hypertension self-management.

Objective

To investigate the effect of an artificial intelligence smartphone coaching app to promote home monitoring and hypertension-related behaviors on systolic blood pressure level compared with a blood pressure tracking app.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a 2-group, open, randomized clinical trial. Participants with uncontrolled hypertension were recruited in 2016 and 2017 and were followed up for 6 months. Data analysis was performed from April 2019 to December 2019.

Interventions

Intervention group participants received a smartphone coaching app to promote home monitoring and behavioral changes associated with hypertension self-management plus a home blood pr

SUBMITTER: Persell SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7052730 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature