TABLE 3.
Description of interventions
| First author (year) | Mode of delivery | Health education included | Setting | Self-monitoring of blood pressure | Frequency of use | Theoretical basis included in study | Duration |
| Watson (2012) | Website | Yes | Hospital and community healthcare site | Yes | At least once a week | No | 6 months |
| Yoo (2009) | Mobile phone | Yes | Worksite | Yes | Daily | No | 3 months |
| Piette (2012) | Mobile phone | Yes | Health clinics | Yes | Weekly | No | 6 weeks |
| Orsma (2013) | Mobile phone | Yes | Health clinic | Yes | Daily | Yes (Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills Model) | 10 months |
| Nolan (2012) | Yes | Outpatient clinic | No | Daily: month 1; biweekly: month 2; monthly: months 3 and 4 | Prochaska's trans-theoretical model | 4 months | |
| Friedman (1996) USA | Phone | Yes | Community site (e.g. senor sites) | Yes | Weekly | No | 6 months |
| Bennett (2012) USA | Website/phone | Yes | Community health sites | No | Random | Yes (From the Harvard Cancer Prevention Program Project) | 24 months |