Personalized text message and checklist support for initiation of antihypertensive medication: the cluster randomized, controlled check and support trial

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  Figure 1.. The timeline of text message support and a selected example of a text message. Underlined sections refer to personalised content received from the checklist of initiation of medication. Personalising was made in terms of timing, personal BP target and individual medication.

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  Figure 2.. The flow of the study. AUDIT-C: alcohol use disorders identification test; BMI: Body Mass Index; BP: Blood pressure; ECG: electrocardiogram; FIT index: Frequency-Intensity-Time (FIT) Index; Laboratory tests: fasting plasma glucose level, fasting plasma cholesterol level, existence of proteinuria, creatinine level.

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  Figure 3.. Blood pressure (BP) control and BP changes in two study groups during the 12-month follow-up. Dotted lines indicate BP target levels. The office systolic BP target was <140 mmHg and home SBP target was <135 mmHg. The office diastolic BP target was < 80 mmHg for diabetics and < 90 mmHg for others. For home diastolic BP, these targets were < 85 mmHg and < 75 mmHg.

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  Figure A1.. Checklist for initiation of medication. After filling in the checklist with the clinician, the patients received a copy of it for themselves, together with enclosed written information. Underlined sections refer to written information enclosed with the checklist. This information included five alternative medication guides depending on the physician’s choice. The figure was originally published in: Tahkola et al. [6] and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). No changes for the original figure were made.