Key result
Mobile app program improves mental health and self-management in hypertension vs routine care.
Why the study?
Hypertension is a chronic disease consuming considerable medical resources, prompting evaluation of a mobile application disease self-management programme on mental health and self-management.
Does a mobile application disease self-management programme improve mental health and self-management in patients with hypertension?
RCT (n=100)
Single-blind
random assignment
No
Does a mobile application disease self-management programme improve mental health and self-management in patients with hypertension?
A mobile application for disease self-management significantly improves mental health and self-management behaviors in patients with hypertension.
Supports mobile app integration into hypertension care; extends RCT evidence for digital self-management.
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a chronic disease that consumes considerable medical resources. AIM: The aim of this study is to evaluate a model able to develop and assess the effectiveness of a mobile application disease self-management programme regarding mental health and self-management for patients with hypertension. METHODS: A randomised controlled trial and single-blind random assignment was employed to group the participants. A total of 100 patients were collected from the cardiology clinic of a teaching hospital in Taiwan. There were 50 participants in each group: the mobile application group (experimental group) and the routine care (control group). The primary outcome measures were mental health and self-management. RESULTS: This study discovered that the intervention improved the mental health and self-management of the experimental group. The results for the experimental group revealed significantly improved effects and outcomes superior to those of the control group. CONCLUSIONS: The study results verified that a mobile application disease self-management programme could improve the mental health and disease self-management of patients with hypertension.
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Lee et al. (2024) conducted an RCT in Hypertension (n=100). Mobile application disease self-management programme vs. Routine care was evaluated on Mental health and self-management. A mobile application disease self-management programme significantly improved mental health and self-management in patients with hypertension compared to routine care.
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