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Text Message Support to Help Adults With Newly Diagnosed High Blood Pressure Control Their Blood Pressure in Primary Care Clinics in Germany and Pakistan
Sponsor: GIFT University
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if text messages can help adults with newly diagnosed high blood pressure (hypertension) bring their blood pressure under control. The study took place in primary care clinics in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The main questions it aims to answer are: Do more participants who get text messages have their blood pressure under control after 6 months? Under control means a top number below 140 and a bottom number below 90. Do text messages help participants take their blood pressure medicine as prescribed? Researchers compared a text message program to usual care to see if the text messages work to lower blood pressure. They randomly assigned whole clinics, not individual people, to one of the two groups. Participants: Got text messages for 6 months, or got written health materials and usual care. Received daily messages for the first month and fewer after that, if in the text message group. The messages encouraged taking medicine, healthy habits, and checking blood pressure. Had their blood pressure checked at 9 weeks and at 6 months.
Official title: Effectiveness of a Mobile Health-Supported Hypertension Management Program on Blood Pressure Control in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1295
Start Date
2025-04-08
Completion Date
2025-09-11
Last Updated
2026-10-16
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
mHealth Text Message Program
Participants receive text messages on their mobile phones for 6 months. The messages encourage three things: taking blood pressure medicine as prescribed, making healthy lifestyle changes, and checking blood pressure. Messages are sent daily for the first month and less often after that. Participants receive this program in addition to routine hypertension care at their clinic.
Usual Care
Participants receive written educational materials about hypertension and routine hypertension care at their clinic for 6 months. They do not receive text messages.
Locations (1)
Gujranwala Institute of Future Technologies
Multan Khurd, Punjab, Pakistance, Pakistan