Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/15926
Title: Improving Blood Pressure Control Using Digital Communication Methods in Serbia
Authors: Tasic N.
Tasic D.
Kovacevic Z.
Filipović M.
Arsić M.
Bozovic-Ogarevic S.
Despotovic B.
Bojic M.
Maksimović Z.
Zdravkovic, Nebojsa
Mijailović V.
Zivkovic, Vladimir
Nikolic Turnic, Tamara
Jakovljevic, Vladimir
Issue Date: 2022
Abstract: Background: The purpose of this study was to compare home and office BP in the adjustment of antihypertensive treatment. Methods: This study was an open, prospective, noninterventional, multicenter clinical trial that occurred between July 2019 and February 2020, in 34 cities in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, which monitored 1581 participants for 6 months. Depending on the used blood pressure monitoring method used, all patients were divided into control (office BP monitoring) and experimental (home BP telemonitoring) groups. We collected anamnestic data and data about systolic blood pressure (SP), in mmHg, diastolic blood pressure (DP), in mmHg, and heart rate (HR), in beats/minute, from all patients. Results: SP values were significantly different at baseline, and at the second, third, and fourth visits between the two tested groups. Home and office BP decreased significantly (p < 0.000) during the 6-month follow-up. We observed a statistically significant influence of the presence of diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia on the dynamics of differences between SP monitoring values. Conclusions: Our study suggests that novel technologies in BP monitoring can be excellent alternatives for BP assessment in hypertensive patients with other cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes and dyslipidemia.
URI: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/15926
Type: article
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12040914
ISSN: -
SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85128718457
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kragujevac

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