Key result
Nurse-led interventions improve hypertension control, lowering mean systolic blood pressure by ~13 mmHg.
Why the study?
Despite effective hypertension treatments, inadequate awareness, poor adherence to therapy, unhealthy lifestyle practices, and reduced quality of life remain major challenges, motivating this review of the impact of nurse-led interventions.
Do nurse-led interventions improve awareness, treatment compliance, lifestyle modification, and quality of life in hypertensive adults?
Do nurse-led interventions improve awareness, treatment compliance, lifestyle modification, and quality of life in hypertensive adults?
This descriptive review of 13 studies indicates that nurse-led educational and behavioral interventions improve disease awareness, medication adherence, lifestyle habits, quality of life, and blood pressure control among adults with hypertension.
Supports incorporating nurse-led interventions into hypertension care; extends evidence for multidisciplinary models improving outcomes.
Background: Hypertension is a major preventable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and contributes significantly to global morbidity and mortality.Despite the availability of effective treatment, inadequate awareness, poor adherence to therapy, unhealthy lifestyle practices, and reduced quality of life remain major challenges, especially in developing countries.Objective: The present study aims to assess the impact of nurse-led interventions on awareness, treatment compliance, lifestyle modification, and quality of life among hypertensive adults.Methods: A descriptive review-based study was conducted using secondary data from databases such as PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, and Google Scholar.A total of 726 studies were identified, of which 13 relevant studies were included based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria.Results: The study results showed that people still lack of adequate understanding of hypertension because they do not know its risk factors and its related medical conditions.The study showed that patients had low treatment compliance because they failed to take their medication and could not maintain proper blood pressure levels.Patients showed inadequate implementation of lifestyle change practices.Nurse-led programs showed positive effects because they enhanced patient understanding and treatment compliance and healthier living practices.The interventions resulted in better life quality for patients while they achieved better clinical results which included decreased blood pressure measurements.Conclusion: Nurse-led interventions help patients with hypertension by improving their awareness of medical information and their ability to follow treatment plans and their development of healthy habits and their overall health results.Strengthening this intervention is essential, as this would support improved clinical management of hypertension and contribute to reducing the overall disease burden.
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A 2026 study conducted a review in Hypertension. Nurse-led interventions (patient education, counseling, behavior modification, and follow-up) vs. Standard care or pre-intervention baseline was evaluated on Awareness, treatment compliance, lifestyle modification, and quality of life in hypertensive adults. Nurse-led interventions across 13 reviewed studies improved hypertension awareness, adherence, lifestyle habits, and blood pressure control (e.g., reducing mean SBP from 141.0 to 128.33 mmHg, p<0.001).
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