| Methods |
Parallel, study duration six months, follow‐up at six months |
| Participants |
110 participants with newly diagnosed and established treated hypertension, 71 per cent women, mean age 59 years, primary care, Spain |
| Interventions |
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COMPLEX HEALTH AND ORGANIZATIONAL INTERVENTIONS, INTERVENTIONS IN COMBINATION: group sessions with information about blood pressure management and postal education (with information on blood pressure and the importance of compliance, sent at months one, three and five) versus usual care |
| Outcomes |
PILL COUNT: 93 per cent adherent in the intervention group compared to 69 per cent in the usual care group (p less than 0.002). Reduction in blood pressure not reported. |
| Notes |
Differential loss to follow‐up in both treatment arms not reported. |
