Self-Management of Postnatal Hypertension: The SNAP-HT Trial

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 425 - 432
• Main Authors: Cairns, Alexandra E., Tucker, Katherine L., Leeson, Paul, Mackillop, Lucy H., Santos, Mauro, Velardo, Carmelo, Salvi, Dario, Mort, Sam, Mollison, Jill, Tarassenko, Lionel, McManus, Richard J., Crawford, Carole, Edwards, Claire, Baker, Natasha, Selinger, Mark, Lloyd, Sue, Tebbutt, Julie, Ashworth, Felicity, Pullon, Rebecca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Heart Association, Inc 01.08.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Blood Pressure - physiology; Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory - methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - drug therapy; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - physiopathology; Pregnancy; Prospective Studies; Self-Management - methods; Treatment Outcome; blood pressure; postpartum period; pregnancy; preeclampsia; hypertension; self-management; women

Hypertension affects 1 in 10 pregnancies, often persisting postpartum, when antihypertensive requirements may vary substantially. This unmasked, randomized controlled trial evaluated the feasibility and effects on blood pressure (BP) of self-management of postpartum hypertension. Women with gestatio...