Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2020
Sustainability of mHealth Effects on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: Five-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Trial report in Journal of medical Internet research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01295216 (Mobile Health to Prevent Progression of Pre-hypertension in Latin American Urban Settings), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mobile Health to Prevent Progression of Pre-hypertension in Latin American Urban Settings
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of telemedicine interventions on blood pressure control and self-management efficacy in hypertensive patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Facilitators and Barriers to the Adoption of Telemedicine During the First Year of COVID-19: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- A Smartphone-Based Model of Care to Support Patients With Cardiac Disease Transitioning From Hospital to the Community (TeleClinical Care): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Trial
- Telemedicine-Supported Intervention Versus Standard Care for Managing Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Socially Deprived Urban Population: A Prospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Role of Mobile Health and Wearable Devices in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Epidemiology of cardiometabolic health in Latin America and strategies to address disparities.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2024Review
- Review
- Multimorbidity.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- Peru - Progress in health and sciences in 200 years of independence.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Review
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe long-term effects of mobile health (mHealth) interventions have not been documented, especially in resource-constrained settings.
objectiveThis study aimed to assess the effects of a 1-year mHealth intervention on blood pressure levels and body weight in low-resource urban settings in Peru, 4 years after the completion of the original study.
methodsFour years after the original Grupo de Investigación en Salud Móvil en America Latina (GISMAL) study, we attempted to contact the 212 individuals originally enrolled in the study in Peru. The primary outcomes were systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels and hypertension incidence. Secondary outcome measures were body weight, BMI, and self-reported target behaviors. The study personnel collecting the data were masked to the group assignment. Linear mixed models were used to evaluate the effects of the intervention on primary and secondary outcomes in an intention-to-treat analysis.
resultsData from 164 (77.4%) of the 212 originally enrolled participants were available and analyzed (80 in the intervention group and 84 in the control group). The intervention did not result in changes in systolic (-2.54 mm Hg, 95% CI -8.23 to 3.15) or diastolic (3.41 mm Hg, 95% CI -0.75 to 7.57) blood pressure compared with the control group. The intervention reduced the risk of developing hypertension, but the result was not significant (risk ratio (RR) 0.76, 95% CI 0.45-1.28). However, those who received the intervention had lower body weight (-5.42 kg, 95% CI -10.4 to -0.48) and BMI (-2.56 kg/m2, 95% CI -4.46 to -0.66). In addition, compared to the control participants, those who received ≥50% of the scheduled calls during the intervention had greater reductions in body weight (-6.23 kg, 95% CI -11.47 to -0.99) and BMI (-2.81 kg/m2, 95% CI -4.77 to -0.85).
conclusionsAn mHealth intervention comprising motivational interview calls and SMS text messaging appears to have effects on health 4 years after intervention completion. Although there were no effects on blood pressure levels, important reductions in body weight and BMI were seen 5 years after randomization. Thus, mHealth appears to be a promising preventive strategy for noncommunicable diseases in resource-constrained settings.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT01295216; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01295216.
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