RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effect of a mobile-based educational app on blood pressure of patients with hypertension
JF BMJ Military Health
JO BMJ Mil Health
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP e001577
DO 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001577
VO 169
IS 2
A1 Fereshteh Falah
A1 S A Sajadi
A1 A H Pishgooie
YR 2023
UL http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/169/2/e001577.abstract
AB Background Hypertension is known as one of the most important non-communicable pervasive diseases.Objective The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of a mobile-based educational app on the blood pressure (BP) of patients with hypertension.Methods This clinical trial was conducted on 66 military personnel who were definitively diagnosed with hypertension by a physician, and then assigned randomly into two groups as intervention (receiving mobile-based educational app) and control (receiving standard medical management but no app). Before the intervention, BP levels of both groups were measured with a calibrated sphygmomanometer. After 6 weeks, the BPs of both groups were remeasured using the same sphygmomanometer. Thereafter, descriptive and inferential statistics, including paired t-test, Mann-Whitney, Chi-square and Wilcoxon tests, were used. The data obtained were analysed using SPSS-21 software at a significance level of p<0.05.Results Comparison of the intervention and control groups showed no statistically significant difference between the groups in systolic BP (p=0.479) and diastolic BP (p=0.851) in the pre-intervention phase, but after the intervention, systolic and diastolic BP levels were significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group (p=0.0001).Conclusion The results suggested that the mobile-based educational app had a significant effect on reducing BP in patients with hypertension. Therefore, using this app is recommended for those military personnel with hypertension.All data relevant to the study are included in the article.