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Feasibility of Emergency Department-initiated, Mobile Health Blood Pressure Intervention: An Exploratory, Randomized Clinical Trial.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:We aimed to assess the feasibility of a text messaging intervention by determining the proportion of emergency department (ED) patients who responded to prompted home blood pressure (BP) self-monitoring and had persistent hypertension. We also explored the effect of the intervention on systolic blood pressure (sBP) over time. METHODS:We conducted a randomized, controlled trial of ED patients with expected discharge to home with elevated BP. Participants were identified by automated alerts from the electronic health record. Those who consented received a BP cuff to take home and enrolled in the 3-week screening phase. Text responders with persistent hypertension were randomized to control or weekly prompted BP self-monitoring and healthy behavior text messages. RESULTS:Among the 104 patients enrolled in the ED, 73 reported at least one home BP over the 3-week run-in (screening) period. A total of 55 of 73 reported a home BP of ?140/90 and were randomized to SMS intervention (n = 28) or control (n = 27). The intervention group had significant sBP reduction over time with a mean drop of 9.1 mm Hg (95% confidence interval = 1.1 to 17.6). CONCLUSIONS:The identification of ED patients with persistent hypertension using home BP self-monitoring and text messaging was feasible. The intervention was associated with a decrease in sBP likely to be clinically meaningful. Future studies are needed to further refine this approach and determine its efficacy.

SUBMITTER: Meurer WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6945785 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Feasibility of Emergency Department-initiated, Mobile Health Blood Pressure Intervention: An Exploratory, Randomized Clinical Trial.

Meurer William J WJ   Dome Mackenzie M   Brown Devin D   Delemos Destinee D   Oska Sandra S   Gorom Victoria V   Skolarus Lesli L  

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 20190219 5


<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed to assess the feasibility of a text messaging intervention by determining the proportion of emergency department (ED) patients who responded to prompted home blood pressure (BP) self-monitoring and had persistent hypertension. We also explored the effect of the intervention on systolic blood pressure (sBP) over time.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a randomized, controlled trial of ED patients with expected discharge to home with elevated BP. Participants were identified  ...[more]

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