| Methods |
Parallel, study duration one day, follow‐up at three months |
| Participants |
400 participants with treated hypertension, nearly all white, 78 per cent age over 50, primary care, USA |
| Interventions |
COMPLEX HEALTH AND ORGANIZATIONAL INTERVENTIONS, INTERVENTIONS IN COMBINATION: Four sequential interventions four months apart: Education, nurse phone calls, self‐recording of blood pressure, social support versus usual care |
| Outcomes |
SELF REPORT: Percentage of maximum adherence score achieved (intervention versus control): Educational material 91 versus 90 per cent (not significant), nurse phone calls 96 versus 91 per cent (not significant), self‐monitoring 94 versus 94 per cent (not significant) and social support 98 versus 93 per cent (p less or equal to 0.05). Blood pressure changes not reported. |
| Notes |
Results difficult to interpret due to unclear reporting of adherence scores. |
