Implementing self-management: a mixed methods study of women's experiences of a postpartum hypertension intervention (SNAP-HT).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-management strategies are effective in a number of medical conditions; however, implementation studies have demonstrated adoption into clinical practice can be problematic. The process of implementation was explored during a pilot randomised controlled trial evaluating postpartum blood pressure self-management in women with medicated hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Methods

A mixed methods study using semi-structured interviews with a qualitative and a scored (quantitative) component were undertaken as part of a pilot randomised controlled trial (SNAP-HT) in postnatal women with medicated gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia. Women were randomised to usual care or blood pressure self-management. Self-management entailed daily home blood pressure moni

SUBMITTER: Cairns AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7282057 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature