Links between blood pressure and life-style factors reported via a mobile phone-based self-management support systemShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)Conference paper, Poster (with or without abstract) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
Objective: To explore relationships between patients’ self-monitoring of blood pressure and their concurrent self-reports of medication intake, wellbeing stress, physical activity and symptoms.
Design and method: This was a prospective study exploring the eight-week effectiveness of a mobile phone based self-management support system for patients with hypertension. 50 patients undergoing treatment for hypertension, from four primary health care centers situated in urban and suburban communities in Sweden, self-reported through the system once daily during eight weeks.
Scientific data: Associations between systolic and diastolic blood pressure and 10 self-report lifestyle-related variables.
Results: The single strongest association was found between medication intake and systolic blood pressure, where failure to take medications was associated with an estimated 7.44 mmHg higher systolic blood pressure. To a lesser degree, medication intake was also associated with diastolic blood pressure. Wellbeing and stress were consistently associated with systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, whereas physical activity was associated with only systolic blood pressure. None of the symptoms dizziness, headache, restlessness, fatigue or palpitations were significantly associated with blood pressure.
Conclusions: Blood pressure was associated with patients’ blood pressure management behaviors, eg drug intake and experiences of wellbeing and stress. No association was found between blood pressure and side effects. Enabling persons with hypertension to monitor and track their BP in relation to medication intake, symptoms and life-style variables may be a fruitful way to help them gain first-hand understanding of the importance of adherence and persistence to treatment recommendations.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wolters Kluwer, 2018. Vol. 36, article id e63
National Category
Nursing Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-151713DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000539137.18258.1eISI: 000455593900185OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-151713DiVA, id: diva2:1252931
Conference
28th European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection, Poster session, Barcelona, June 8-11, 2018
2018-10-032018-10-032025-02-21Bibliographically approved