Efficacy of an mHealth App to Support Patients’ Self-Management of Hypertension: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 25; no. 9455; p. e43809
• Main Authors: Liu, Fang, Song, Ting, Yu, Ping, Deng, Ning, Guan, Yingping, Yang, Yang, Ma, Yuanji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Journal of Medical Internet Research 19.12.2023; Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Analysis; Antihypertensives; Blood Pressure; Cellular telephones; Chi-square test; Clinical research; Clinical trials; Control groups; Diet; Drugs; Educational materials; Efficacy; Global health; Health aspects; Health care access; Health care industry; Health information; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - drug therapy; Internet access; Intervention; Lifestyles; Medical care, Cost of; Medical personnel; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mobile Applications; Original Paper; Patient compliance; Patients; Public health; Questionnaires; Reminders; Salt; Self-Management; Selfmanagement; Smartphones; Statistical power; Telemedicine; Text messaging; China; health education; blood pressure; smartphone; reminder; hypertension control; motivation; mHealth; medication adherence; self-management; mobile health; high blood pressure; hypertension; mobile app

Hypertension is a significant global disease burden. Mobile health (mHealth) offers a promising means to provide patients with hypertension with easy access to health care services. Yet, its efficacy needs to be validated, especially in lower-income areas with a high-salt diet. This study aims to as...