SMS text message support for patients with hypertensio

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Hypertension

• Registration Number: PACTR201411000724141
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-12-14
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1215

Inclusion Criteria

Potential participtans are eligible to participate if:
(i)they have existing or confirmed newly diagnosed hypertension and are either currently receiving blood pressure lowering medication or are about to start blood pressure lowering medication, irrespective of co-morbid conditions.
(ii) their mean blood pressure at enrolment is < 175/105
iii) they are adults (21 years or older), (iv) they own or have sufficient access to a cell-phone (shared access is allowed if access is daily and the phone owner agrees to participate)
(v) they know how to SMS-text (help by a partner is allowed for illiterate subjects, subjects with poor vision, or subjects who are learning disabled)
(vi) they currently reside in the study area and expect to be resident for the duration of the study and (ix) they are willing to give informed consent and take part in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Ppotential participants will be excluded if:
(i) they live in a household where another member has been recruited into the trial
(ii) they are pregnant or within three months post-partum by self-report
(iii) they do not they currently reside in the study area or are planning to move out of the study area in the next two years
(iv) if they are not willing to give written informed consent to take part in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified