Technologies for Innovative Monitoring to Reduce Blood Pressure and Change Lifestyle Using Mobile Phones in Adult and Elderly Populations (TIM Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Cristina Pereira Costa Fuchs, Sandra; Harzheim, Erno; Iochpe, Cirano; Nespolo de David, Caroline; Rodrigues Gonçalves, Marcelo; Prates Sesin, Guilhermo; M Costa, Cassio; Beltrami Moreira, Leila; Danni Fuchs, Flávio

doi:10.2196/resprot.9619

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Technologies for Innovative Monitoring to Reduce Blood Pressure and Change Lifestyle Using Mobile Phones in Adult and Elderly Populations (TIM Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Published in JMIR Research Protocols • Apr 22, 2018

Authors:

Sandra Cristina Pereira Costa Fuchs

Erno Harzheim

Cirano Iochpe

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a growing problem worldwide, markedly in low- and middle-income countries, where the rate of control slightly decreased. The overall prevalence of hypertension in Brazil is 28.7% among adult individuals and 68.9% in the population aged 60 years and older, and less than a ...

Subject

Medicine

Blood pressure

Psychological intervention

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