Eligible participants are workers who were identified as having elevated blood pressure at routine workplace health checkups
Conditions
Interventions
Workers with a systolic blood pressure of >
=140 mmHg and/or a diastolic blood pressure of >
=90 mmHg at routine workplace health checkups were allocated to either an intervention group or a control group using stratified randomization based on sex, age, and systolic blood pressure level.
home blood pressure was re-evaluated and additional counseling was provided three months later.
Participants in the control group did not receive home blood pressure monitoring
instead, they received initial lifestyle counseling based on blood pressure measured at the workplace health checkup according to the hypertension management plan, followed by re-evaluation using casu
Sponsors
Iwate Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Workers with a systolic blood pressure of >=140 mmHg and/or a diastolic blood pressure of >=90 mmHg identified at routine workplace health checkups.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Individuals who routinely measure and record home blood pressure Individuals who are not scheduled to undergo the routine workplace health checkup in the year following the intervention Individuals for whom blood pressure reduction is medically contraindicated or restricted by a physician
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in blood pressure from baseline (pre-intervention workplace health checkup) to the annual workplace health checkup in the year after the intervention | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactShinichi Omama
Iwate Medical University Department of General Medicine, School of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed