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January 1, 2012BMJ OpenOpen Access

A cross-sectional survey and service evaluation of simple telehealth in primary care: what do patients think?

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Why the study?

Does a simple telehealth strategy improve patient satisfaction and experience in managing hypertension in adults?

Population

124 adults with hypertension using the Florence system across 10 volunteer general practitioner's practices…

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

13 weeks

Authors

ECElizabeth CottrellKMKate McMillanRCRuth Chambers

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Overview

High satisfaction supports telehealth acceptability in hypertension; leaves open efficacy on outcomes in randomized trials.

Structured PICO

Does a simple telehealth strategy improve patient satisfaction and experience in managing hypertension in adults?

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Population
124 adults with hypertension using the Florence system across 10 volunteer general practitioner's (GP) practices in Stoke on Trent, UK
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Intervention
Simple telehealth strategy ('Florence') requiring patients to take home blood pressure readings and text them to a secure server for immediate automatic analysis and individual healthcare professional review
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Outcome
Patient experience (acceptability, satisfaction, and ease of use)patient reported

A simple text-based telehealth strategy for hypertension management is highly acceptable and yields high patient satisfaction, supporting its widespread implementation.

Cite This Study

Cottrell et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71a3fce5469ee92be211f7https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001392
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