Hypertension Circulatory System Hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Patients in the intervention group are provided with a home blood pressure monitor that they are to use at least once a week and report the BP measurements to their physician at each follow up visit.
Sponsors
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults (age 18 and older) who are patients of family physicians 2. Must be diagnosed with essential hypertension but not have yet achieved target levels
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. A diagnosis of secondary hypertension 2. Pregnancy 3. Hypertension management primarily by a consultant 4. A disability that precludes use of a home blood pressure monitor 5. Enrolled in another hypertension trial 6. White coat hypertension
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The mean daytime blood pressures on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) 2. The mean night-time blood pressures on ABPM 3. Achieving Blood Pressure (BP) target at end of study 4. Achieving 10% drop in the mean nighttime blood pressures | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patient lifestyle changes 2. The number of visits for hypertension 3. Compliance with hypertensive medication use 4. Compliance with the intervention 5. Intensity of treatment 6. Frequency of lifestyle counselling by physician 7. Quality of Life as measured by 36-item Short Form health survey (SF-36) | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed