Brief Summary: Through the App, the user will have the opportunity to connect directly with the health professional, clarify doubts and manage the treatment of their hypertension.
To evaluate treatment adherence and blood pressure reduction, through the HiperCross App, between two groups of hypertensive patients in a Hypertension Public Ambulatory in Porto Alegre. The investigators hope to identify better adherence to treatment, as well as a significant reduction in blood pressure, all of these results will be better evaluated using the HiperCross application.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
44
hypertensive patients using HyperCrossApp
Interdisciplinary health care
Blood pressure value
systolic Blood pressure and dyastolic Blood pressure
Time frame: 15 minutes
Morisky scale
Medication adherence. The Morisky scale condition and medication specific assessment: 1) measures the level of adherence an medication, 2) measures the severity of Major Depressive Disorder, a determinant of non-adherence 3) identifies why the patient is not taking their medication, 4) determines the risk between non-adherence to BP measures of disease control. 0-1 = Low motivation; 2-3 = High motivation / 0-1 = Low knowledge; 2-3 = High knowledge
Time frame: 15 minutes
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