Using Bluetooth Home Blood Pressure Monitors With Pharmacist Interventions

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension
• Interventions: Behavioral: Telehealth Follow-up Visits; Behavioral: Surveys; Device: Devices

• Registration Number: NCT05606783
• Lead Sponsor: University of South Florida

Brief Summary

Family Medicine patients with uncontrolled hypertension will be given a Bluetooth enabled home blood pressure machine to monitor their blood pressure every day for 6 weeks. The blood pressure results will be sent automatically to the patient's electronic medical record via applications on their iPhone. Study pharmacists will follow-up with the patients once per week via a telehealth appointment using the app VSee, where the blood pressure results will be reviewed. The pharmacists will also counsel the patients on lifestyle modifications in order to improve blood pressure.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Study Start: 2019-01-23
• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-26
• Primary Completion: 2019-04-30
• Study Completion: 2019-06-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-11-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-02
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 9

Inclusion Criteria

• must be at least 18 years old
• have a smartphone compatible with the mobile intervention (iPhone)
• have been previously diagnosed with hypertension
• have uncontrolled hypertension (SBP > 130 mmHg and/or DBP > 80 mmHg)
• be under the care of a primary care physician in the Family Medicine Department of the USF Morsani Center for Advanced Care
• have had at least one prescription filled at Pharmacy Plus within the last six months
• speaks English fluently

Exclusion Criteria

• already under the care of a clinical pharmacist in the Family Medicine department
• pregnant
• have a serious existing medical condition(s) that may affect their ability to self-monitor their blood pressure (for example, stroke, dementia)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Home blood pressure monitoring	Telehealth Follow-up Visits	* Smart Phones with Apple Health Software will be used to monitor blood pressure once a day, and results will be sent automatically to the patients EHR (Epic) * The Omron 10 Series Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Device will be given to the patient to monitor blood pressure at home daily * Patients will be scheduled for a one-hour in-person appointment for the initial study visit where informed consent will be obtained, and for the final study visit
Home blood pressure monitoring	Surveys	* Smart Phones with Apple Health Software will be used to monitor blood pressure once a day, and results will be sent automatically to the patients EHR (Epic) * The Omron 10 Series Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Device will be given to the patient to monitor blood pressure at home daily * Patients will be scheduled for a one-hour in-person appointment for the initial study visit where informed consent will be obtained, and for the final study visit
Home blood pressure monitoring	Devices	* Smart Phones with Apple Health Software will be used to monitor blood pressure once a day, and results will be sent automatically to the patients EHR (Epic) * The Omron 10 Series Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Device will be given to the patient to monitor blood pressure at home daily * Patients will be scheduled for a one-hour in-person appointment for the initial study visit where informed consent will be obtained, and for the final study visit

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comfort	8 weeks	Patient comfort in using home telemonitoring for blood pressure combined with pharmacist counseling and monitoring will be measured using a survey instrument with a Likert scale (4-point scale). (Most of the time; Some of the time; Seldom; Never) (Strongly agree; Agree; Disagree; Strongly disagree) (Nothing; Very little; Some; Knowledgeable)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Determine if pharmacists' interventions improved BP	8 weeks	BP readings were reported and evaluated to discover if these were improved with pharmacists' interventions.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

USF Pharmacy Plus; 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States