Key result
Mobile-guided self-care programs reduce SBP by ~12 mmHg over one year in South African urban hypertensives.
Why the study?
Hypertension is prevalent in South African urban populations and requires effective self-care interventions.
Do mobile-guided self-care programmes improve blood pressure control in South African urban populations with hypertension?
Do mobile-guided self-care programmes improve blood pressure control in South African urban populations with hypertension?
p-value: p=<0.05
Mobile-guided self-care programmes are effective in significantly reducing systolic blood pressure in urban South African populations with hypertension.
Supports integration into urban South African hypertension care; extends self-management evidence to high-burden LMIC settings.
Hypertension is a prevalent condition in South African urban populations, requiring effective self-care interventions. A comprehensive search strategy was employed using electronic databases relevant to health informatics and clinical practice, with data extraction following PRISMA guidelines. Studies were assessed for methodological quality and thematic analysis conducted. Mobile-guided self-care programmes showed a significant improvement in blood pressure control among participants (p < 0.05), with an average reduction of 12 mmHg systolic BP over one year, indicating their potential as sustainable interventions. Mobile-guided self-care programmes have demonstrated effectiveness in managing hypertension in South African urban populations, warranting further research and implementation. Future studies should explore the scalability and cost-effectiveness of these programmes and evaluate long-term adherence rates among users. Treatment effect was estimated with logit(pᵢ)=β₀+β^ Xᵢ, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.
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Tshabalala et al. (2006) studied Hypertensive adults in South African urban populations. Mobile-guided self-care programmes was evaluated on Blood pressure control (systolic blood pressure reduction) (p=<0.05). Mobile-guided self-care programmes reduced systolic blood pressure by an average of 12 mmHg over one year in hypertensive South African urban populations (p < 0.05).
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