Remote blood pressure monitoring and behavioral intensification for stroke: A randomized controlled feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT: Measuring blood pressure (BP) at home and remote monitoring can improve the patient's adherence to BP control and vascular outcomes. This study evaluated the feasibility of a trial regarding the effects of an intensive mobile BP management strategy versus usual care in acute ischemic stroke patients. A feasibility-testing, randomized, open-labeled controlled trial was conducted. Remote BP measurement, data transmission, storage, and centralized monitoring system were organized through a Bluetooth-equipped sphygmomanometer paired to the participants' smartphones. Participants were randomized equally into intensive management (behavioral intensification to measure BP at home by texting, direct telephone call, or breakthrough visit) and control (usual care) groups. The primary feasibility out

SUBMITTER: Kim BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7065804 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature