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Integrating remote monitoring into routine clinical practices and leveraging social support might improve blood pressure (BP) control.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To evaluate the effectiveness of a bidirectional text monitoring program focused on BP control and medication adherence with and without social support in adults with hypertension.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This randomized clinical trial included adults aged 18 to 75 treated at an academic family medicine practice in Philadelphia in 2018 and 2019. Patients had been seen at least twice in the prior 24 months and had at least 2 elevated BP measurements (&amp;gt;150\/90 mm Hg or &amp;gt;140\/90 mm Hg for patients aged 18-59 years or with diabetes or chronic kidney disease) during visits. All participants had a cell phone with text messaging, offered at least 1 support partner, and were taking maintenance medications to treat hypertension. Patients were randomized 2:2:1 to remote monitoring of BP and medication adherence (RM), remote monitoring of BP and medication adherence with feedback provided to a social support partner (SS), or usual care (UC). Data were analyzed on an intention-to-treat basis between October 14, 2019, and May 30, 2020, and were revisited from May 23 through June 2, 2023.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Interventions<\/jats:title>\n The RM and SS groups received an automatic home BP monitor, 3 weekly texts requesting BP measurements, 1 weekly text inquiring about medication adherence, and a weekly text with feedback. In the SS arm, support partners received a weekly progress report. The UC group received UC through their primary care practice. Clinicians caring for the patients in the intervention groups received nudges via electronic health records to adjust medications when 3 of 10 reported BP measurements were elevated. Patients were followed up for 4 months.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n The primary outcome was systolic BP at 4 months measured during the final follow-up visit. Secondary outcomes included achievement of normotension and diastolic BP.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n In all, 246 patients (mean [SD] age, 50.9 [11.4] years; 175 females [71.1%]; 223 Black individuals [90.7%] and 13 White individuals [5.3%]) were included in the intention-to-treat analysis: 100 patients in the RM arm, 97 in the SS arm, and 49 in the UC arm. Compared with the UC arm, there was no significant difference in systolic or diastolic BP at the 4-month follow-up visit in the RM arm (systolic BP adjusted mean difference, \u22125.25 [95% CI, \u221210.65 to 0.15] mm Hg; diastolic BP adjusted mean difference, \u22121.94 [95% CI, \u22125.14 to 1.27] mm Hg) or the SS arm (systolic BP adjusted mean difference, \u22120.91 [95% CI, \u22126.37 to 4.55] mm Hg; diastolic BP adjusted mean difference, \u22120.63 [95% CI, \u22123.77 to 2.51] mm Hg). Of the 206 patients with a final BP measurement at 4 months, BP was controlled in 49% (41 of 84) of patients in the RM arm, 31% (27 of 87) of patients in the SS arm, and 40% (14 of 35) of patients in the UC arm; these rates did not differ significantly between the intervention arms and the UC group.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this randomized clinical trial, neither remote BP monitoring nor remote BP monitoring with social support improved BP control compared with UC in adults with hypertension. Additional efforts are needed to examine whether interventions directed at helping patients remember to take their BP medications can lead to improved BP control.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Trial Registration<\/jats:title>\n \n ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:\n NCT03416283<\/jats:ext-link>\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2024.13515","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,3]],"date-time":"2024-06-03T11:11:13Z","timestamp":1717413073000},"page":"e2413515","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring With Social Support for Patients With Hypertension"],"prefix":"10.1001","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Shivan J.","family":"Mehta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia"},{"name":"Center for Health Care Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia"},{"name":"Center for Health Incentives and 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