Behavior change
hypertension
HYPERTENSION
Six patients, mostly working individuals, reported that the intervention had helped instill a habit, routine and discipline of measuring BP regularly, which would otherwise not be possible even if they had owned a BP monitor.Even though you can buy [a BP monitor], you don't have the discipline to check, but with this thing, you know that you have to check one week once, so there is no excuse that you don't have to check…that is one thing good about it... The responsibility is there... (F096, female, 46 years old)Patients became more motivated and improved their self-management and health literacy of hypertension from the advice provided by the care team. They grew more aware of their own triggers of BP fluctuations and ways to maintain a healthy BP in terms of diet, exercise and emotions. F022 felt that participation in the trial allowed patients to have “more ownership of managing their own healthcare”. S003 noted that patients had shown “good outcomes”, and S007 found that whether patients were new to home BP monitoring or not, the intervention “gives them an exposure to start monitoring themselves…Empowered, maybe.”