Teletransmitted Monitoring of Blood Pressure and Bilingual Nurse Counseling–Sustained Improvements in Blood Pressure Control During 12 Months in Hypertensive Korean Americans
2011; Wiley; Volume: 13; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00479.x
ISSN1751-7176
AutoresMiyong T. Kim, Hae‐Ra Han, Haley Hedlin, Jiyun Kim, Hee‐Jung Song, Kim B. Kim, Michael D. Hill,
Tópico(s)Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
ResumoJ Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) . 2011;13:605–612.©2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This paper reports the results of a clinical investigation to determine the sustainability of intervention effects to lower blood pressure (BP) that were obtained through a short‐term education via home telemonitoring of BP and regular counseling by bilingual nurses during 1 year. A total of 359 middle‐aged (40–64 years) Korean immigrants completed a 15‐month intervention that consisted of 6‐week behavioral education followed by home telemonitoring of BP and bilingual nurse telephone counseling for 12 months. The final analysis revealed a sharp increase in BP control rates sustained for more than 12 months. At baseline, only 30% of the sample achieved BP control (<140/90 mm Hg). After the initial education period (approximately 3 months), 73.3% of the participants had controlled BP levels. The levels of control were maintained and continuously improved during a 12‐month follow‐up period (83.2%, P <.001). These findings suggest that home telemonitoring of BP and tailored counseling are both useful tools to sustain or improve short‐term education effects.
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