Improve Hypertension Monitoring and Self-management by Using mHealth

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Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

Monitoring and self-management are important components of effective chronic disease care and improved patient outcomes. With the rapid development of integration of mobile health technology (mHealth) into health care delivery services, mHealth intervention provides a great opportunity to improve the efficiency of chronic disease management. However, little is known about whether mHealth interventions can effectively impact the health and health care outcomes in underserved populations. This pilot study will assess the preliminary effectiveness of a mobile-based health intervention in an urban underserved community with a high incidence of hypertension. It is hypothesized that patients with hypertension will experience improved outcomes due to the use of a mHealth application compared with patients who are not using the application. The findings from this study will advance our understanding of the utility of mHealth interventions among underserved populations and generate evidence to support this new health care delivery approach in underserved urban communities. In this study, two hypotheses will be tested: 1. Hypertension patients using the mHealth application exhibit a greater decrease in blood pressure and better maintenance over a 6-month period compared to those who receive standard care. 2. Hypertension patients using the mHealth application will exhibit more effective self-management as compared to those who receive standard care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02632838

Run by

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

People needed

30

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18-64 year-old residents of one of the three housing developments and use our community health center as their primary care service
• Subjects who have been documented with uncontrolled blood pressure, and whose BP measures 140/90 mmHg or higher for either of the two numbers
• Subjects must have a compatible mobile device
• Nurses in this study must be who are currently working at our community health center

You may not qualify if…

• Patients under the age of 18 years old
• Pregnant women
• Patient with serious arrhythmia
• Patient with preeclamptic
• Patient who cannot speak/read English.
• Patients using University Hospital or other clinical offices as their primary care service

Where it is running

• Peijia Zha — Newark, New Jersey, United States

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