Why the study?
Does patient education or contingency contracting improve adherence and lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients compared to routine clinic care?
Population
115 hypertensive patients
Comparison
Patient education or contingency contracting vs Routine clinic care
Design
RCT, Randomly selected and randomly assigned to one of three treatment…
Follow-up
over four clinic visits
Authors
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Contingency contracting merits use in hypertension care to improve adherence and DBP; this RCT confirms its advantage over education alone.
Does patient education or contingency contracting improve adherence and lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients compared to routine clinic care?
Contingency contracting is an effective strategy for improving adherence and lowering diastolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients, whereas patient education alone may be ineffective and increase dropout rates.
Swain et al. (1981) studied this question.
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