BACKGROUND: Lifestyle interventions have been recognized as a line of treatment for noncommunicable diseases. This study aimed to evaluate a bespoke mHealth approach to deliver personalized feedback to improve blood pressure and weight for hypertensive patients in community settings. METHODS: A total of 307 participants, 50 from each community, were expected to be in the intervention or control group. A professional health facilitator was assigned for each of the 6 communities. The primary outcomes of the study are the reduction in blood pressure and weight at baseline and postintervention. RESULTS: Of 307 recruited, 192 participants (62.5%) completed the study (intervention: 104 and control: 88). There was no difference in attrition rates between the 2 groups (33.5% vs 41.9%, P = .291). After 6 month of intensive feedback intervention through the mHealth approach, patients had better blood pressure (133.4 ± 15.3 vs 139.7 ± 16.0) compared with control. CONCLUSIONS: People who were adherent to the intervention demonstrated a clinical benefit in weight and blood pressure.

Cancer Research Center Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy at Hradec Kralove Charles University Hradec Kralove Czech Republic

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing University of Birmingham Birmingham UK

Nan'an District Center of Disease Control Chongqing China

Physical Examination Center of the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University Chongqing China

School of Public Health and Health Management Chongqing Medical University Chongqing China

Yangtze Normal University Chongqing China

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