Associations between daily home blood pressure measurements and self-reports of lifestyle and symptoms in primary care: the PERHIT study

Autor: Ulrika Andersson, Peter M. Nilsson, Karin Kjellgren, Mikael Ekholm, Patrik Midlöv
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Vol 42, Iss 3, Pp 415-423 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 02813432
1502-7724
0281-3432
DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2024.2332745
Popis: Objective To explore in a primary care setting the associations between patients’ daily self-measured blood pressure (BP) during eight weeks and concurrent self-reported values of wellbeing, lifestyle, symptoms, and medication intake. We also explore these associations for men and women separately.Design and setting The study is a secondary post-hoc analysis of the randomised controlled trial PERson-centeredness in Hypertension management using Information Technology (PERHIT). The trial was conducted in primary health care in four regions in Southern Sweden.Patients Participants (n = 454) in the intervention group in the PERHIT-trial used an interactive web-based system for self-management of hypertension for eight consecutive weeks. Each evening, participants reported in the system their wellbeing, lifestyle, symptoms, and medication adherence as well as their self-measured BP and heart rate.Main outcome measures Association between self-reported BP and 10 self-report lifestyle-related variables.Results Self-reported less stress and higher wellbeing were similarly associated with BP, with 1.0 mmHg lower systolic BP and 0.6/0.4 mmHg lower diastolic BP (p
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