Key result
Self-initiated digital lifestyle program linked to a ~7 mmHg drop in systolic BP at 10 months.
Why the study?
Hypertension is widespread and heavily modulated by lifestyle factors, making digital, lifestyle-based interventions a promising alternative to standard care for hypertension prevention and management.
Does a digitally-enabled lifestyle program improve blood pressure in a general population cohort?
Cohort (n=348)
Does a digitally-enabled lifestyle program improve blood pressure in a general population cohort?
Mean Difference: -7.2
A digitally-enabled lifestyle program may effectively reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults with elevated baseline levels.
May lower BP in motivated adults; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before any practice change.
Worldwide, it is estimated that at least 1 in 4 adults suffers from hypertension, and this number is expected to increase as populations grow and age. Blood pressure (BP) possesses substantial heritability, but is also heavily modulated by lifestyle factors. As such, digital, lifestyle-based in-terventions are a promising alternative to standard care for hypertension prevention and man-agement. In this study we assessed the prevalence of elevated and high BP in a Dutch general pop-ulation cohort undergoing a health screening, and observed the effects of a subsequent self-initiated, digitally-enabled lifestyle program on BP regulation. Baseline data were available for 348 participants, of which 56 had partaken in a BP-focused lifestyle program and got re-measured 10 months after the intervention. Participants with elevated SBP and DBP at baseline showed a mean decrease of 7.2 mmHg and 5.4 mmHg, respectively. Additionally, 70% and 72.5% of participants showed an improvement in systolic and diastolic BP at remeasurement. These improvements in BP are superior to those seen in other recent studies. The long-term sustainability and the efficacy of this and similar digital lifestyle interventions will need to be estab-lished in additional, larger studies.
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Forte et al. (2022) conducted a cohort in Hypertension (n=348). Digitally-enabled lifestyle program was evaluated on Change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (Mean decrease of 7.2 mmHg (SBP) and 5.4 mmHg (DBP)). A self-initiated, digitally-enabled lifestyle program was associated with a mean decrease of 7.2 mmHg in systolic and 5.4 mmHg in diastolic blood pressure at 10 months.
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