The Effect of Frequent Self Measurements of Blood Pressure on the Control of Hypertension

Sheba Medical Center

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Device: Portable blood pressure wrist manometer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00459017

SHEBA -02-2773-YM-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite knowledge regarding the importance of controlling patients' blood pressure (BP) only 30% of treated patients achieve BP goals. Our objective was to determine the effect of frequent self measurements of BP in the patients' natural environment as a mean to improve BP control. Our hypothesis was that frequent measurements of BP will reduce mean BP levels.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Signing an informed consent form
• Having a diagnosis of hypertension for more than one year according to patients'records.
• receiving at least one medication for hypertension
• A reasonable understanding of Hebrew
• An ambulatory state enabling regular visits to a primary physician in the community and self-measurement of hypertension using the electronic device

Exclusion criteria

• Lack of willingness to participate in the study.Known arrhythmia
• Malignant disease
• Poor understanding of Hebrew

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)