Key result
Intensified management via a nurse-conducted class with or without home blood pressure monitoring did not significantly improve mean systolic or diastolic blood pressure compared to usual care (p>0.05).
Why the study?
Does a nurse educator-conducted class with or without home blood pressure monitoring improve blood pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension compared to usual care?
RCT (n=54)
randomized
Does a nurse educator-conducted class with or without home blood pressure monitoring improve blood pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension compared to usual care?
p-value: p=> 0.05
Efforts to intensify hypertension management through group classes and home monitoring did not significantly improve blood pressure control compared to usual care in this pilot study, largely due to poor patient participation.
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Nurse-led intensified BP management showed no advantage over usual care in this cohort; leaves open whether randomized trials would demonstrate benefit.
Ramona S DeJesus (2009) conducted an RCT in type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension (n=54). Nurse educator-conducted class on diabetes and hypertension with or without home blood pressure monitoring vs. Usual care was evaluated on Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures (p=> 0.05). Intensified management via a nurse-conducted class with or without home blood pressure monitoring did not significantly improve mean systolic or diastolic blood pressure compared to usual care (p>0.05).
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