Implementing a digital intervention for managing uncontrolled hypertension in Primary Care: a mixed methods process evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A high proportion of hypertensive patients remain above the target threshold for blood pressure, increasing the risk of adverse health outcomes. A digital intervention to facilitate healthcare practitioners (hereafter practitioners) to initiate planned medication escalations when patients' home readings were raised was found to be effective in lowering blood pressure over 12 months. This mixed-methods process evaluation aimed to develop a detailed understanding of how the intervention was implemented in Primary Care, possible mechanisms of action and contextual factors influencing implementation.

Methods

One hundred twenty-five practitioners took part in a randomised controlled trial, including GPs, practice nurses, nurse-prescribers, and healthcare assistants. Us

SUBMITTER: Morton K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8152066 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature