Mobile Phone in Hypertension Management

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension
• Interventions: Device: Mobile phone-based self-report system, electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes Measure (e-PROM)

• Registration Number: NCT01510301
• Lead Sponsor: Göteborg University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if a mobile phone-based self-report system, using the patient's own mobile phone, will improve adherence to treatment of hypertension and lead to personal involvement of the patient in the treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-01-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-01-13
• Study First Posted: 2012-01-16
• Study Start: 2012-03
• Primary Completion: 2012-06
• Study Completion: 2012-06
• Status Verified: 2016-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-09-14
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 51

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of arterial hypertension
• Prescribed antihypertensive treatment
• Alert and oriented
• Swedish-speaking
• Access to a functioning cell phone
• Agreeing to regular controls at the National Prescribed Drug Register of drugs

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Self-report	Mobile phone-based self-report system, electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes Measure (e-PROM)	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adherence to antihypertensive medication	8 weeks	Adherence to antihypertensive medication will be checked through a question in the cell phone and evaluation of patient´s use of antihypertensive medication will be checked from the National Prescribed Drug Register of drugs. Twenty patient-physician/nurse consultations will be audio/video-recorded at regularly scheduled appointments to obtain authentic evidence of the use of the self-reports in clinical practice. The outcomes will include blood pressure measurement, registration of self-reported symptoms and discourse analyses.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Systolic blood pressure	8 weeks	Change in systolic blood pressure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Gothenburg; 🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Box 457, Sweden