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Nurse administered telephone intervention for blood pressure control: a patient-tailored multifactorial intervention

Patient Education and CounselingPublished 9 June 2004
Hayden B. Bosworth, Maren K. Olsen, Pam Gentry, Melinda Orr, Tara K. Dudley, Felicia McCant
Citations161
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SJR score1.24
SNIP1.37

TL;DR

At 6-month post-enrollment, individuals receiving the nurse intervention had a greater increase in confidence with following hypertension treatment than the usual care group, and the intervention is easily implemented and is designed to enhance adherence with prescribed hypertension regimen.

Abstract

The intervention is easily implemented and is designed to enhance adherence with prescribed hypertension regimen. The study includes both general and patient-tailored information based upon need assessment. The study design ensures internal validity as well as the ability to generalize study findings to the clinic settings.

Keywords

Medicine