Home Blood Pressure-Guided Lifestyle Intervention for Elevated Blood Pressure Detected at Workplace Health Checkups: A Randomized Pilot Trial.

What was studied

This was a randomised pilot trial in municipal employees. They had raised blood pressure found at a workplace health check. One group used home blood pressure monitoring plus lifestyle counselling from a doctor. The other group had the same counselling without home readings. The groups had 31 and 27 people. The main outcome was the change in systolic blood pressure at the next yearly check.

What they found

The home monitoring group had bigger drops in systolic blood pressure. The gap against the control group was -9.9 mmHg. A few people started blood pressure drugs. After leaving them out, the gap stayed significant. It was -7.7 mmHg.

What it means for patients

The authors say home blood pressure-guided lifestyle counselling may improve care. This is for raised blood pressure found at workplace health checks.

Why it is not certain yet

This was a pilot trial with 31 and 27 people. The result comes from one yearly check. The abstract does not say if people or staff knew who got what. The abstract does not give results beyond the yearly check.

Source

Home Blood Pressure-Guided Lifestyle Intervention for Elevated Blood Pressure Detected at Workplace Health Checkups: A Randomized Pilot Trial.

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