Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T17:35:22 RDF description of Adherence to blood pressure telemonitoring in a cluster-randomized clinical trial - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19630 Drugs and Drug Therapy public 10 document-rn19630 Randomized Controlled Trials 13430 Self Care 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00685.x Patient Compliance Hypertension 14 Cardiovascular Diseases Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Adherence to blood pressure telemonitoring in a cluster-randomized clinical trial <p>Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and death worldwide. Advances in technology have added telemedicine as a tool for managing hypertension. The effectiveness of telemedicine depends on patients' ability to adhere to schedules of home monitoring and case management. Participants with uncontrolled hypertension in the intervention arm of a randomized trial who completed 6 months of follow-up were included in this analysis. They were asked to measure their blood pressure (BP) a minimum of 6 times per week using a telemonitor that transmitted the readings to their pharmacist case manager. Hypertensive patients in this study had high adherence to telemonitoring (73% took at least 6 BP readings per week) and phone visits (88% of expected visits were attended). In a multivariate analysis, older age, male sex, and some college education predicted better telemonitoring adherence. White non-Hispanic race/ethnicity predicted better adherence to phone visits with pharmacist case managers. Telemonitoring adherence and phone adherence were highly correlated; participants who did not send readings on schedule were more likely to skip at least one phone visit with their pharmacist case manager. The findings from this analysis indicate that hypertensive patients in this study were able to achieve and maintain high adherence to both the telemonitoring and the phone case management visits.<p> 21440 Telemedicine Prevention