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. 2004 Jul 19;2004(3):CD004804. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004804

Mehos 2000.

Methods Parallel, six months follow‐up
Participants 41 participants with uncontrolled hypertension, mean age 59 years, 70 per cent women, single family medicine clinic, US
Interventions COMPLEX HEALTH AND ORGANISATIONAL INTERVENTIONS, INTERVENTIONS IN COMBINATION: home blood pressure measurement, diary, instruction to measure blood pressure, information on hypertension and risk factor with subsequent evaluation by clinical pharmacist versus usual care
Outcomes PRESCRIPTION REFILL DATA: mean adherence 82 per cent in intervention group versus 89 per cent in the control group (p equals 0.29). Blood pressure net reduction 10.1 mmHg systolic (p equals 0.069) and 6.7 mmHg diastolic (p equals 0.02)
Notes Patients randomised using a 'deck of cards'