Author: Aldiyarbek Nurlan
Editor: Merentsova Anastasia
Home blood pressure monitoring, associated with telemedicine interventions by the medical team, has shown that it lowers blood pressure better than conventional care, and is a fairly user-friendly program for patients.
450 participants with uncontrolled high blood pressure were included in a study conducted at 16 primary care clinics under the HealthPartners system in Minnesota. Participants were randomized into two groups: 222 patients were in the routine primary health care group and 228 in the remote monitoring group. In the remote monitoring group, patients could measure their blood pressure at home, and then send the data electronically to the attending physician, who then made adjustments to treatment measures.
In the remote monitoring group, 15 patients had 10 crises associated with pathology of the cardiovascular system, while in the planned primary health care (PHC) group, 19 - 26 serious cardiovascular cases. In this telemonitoring group, 2 stents were installed, which is 5.3% of the total. In the PHC group, there were 10 stents (10.4% of the total number of cases).
Based on the results obtained, the authors of the work argue that the widespread introduction of a remote monitoring model can help patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure avoid severe cardiovascular crises, and, therefore, improve the quality of life of such patients and reduce the frequency of deaths in the country.
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200831112215.htm
