Purdue University College of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2020 Nov;22(11):2146-2151. doi: 10.1111/jch.14022. Epub 2020 Sep 3.
Hypertension continues to be a health crisis, with multiple approaches attempting to define best practices for management. The objective of our hypertension group education program is to improve patient health outcomes through engaging a multidisciplinary health professional team. A 6-hour group curriculum was created with a focus on nutrition, lifestyle, and medication approaches to hypertension management, while incorporating personally identified behavior change goals and barriers. Outcomes were tracked pre-program, at program completion, and 6 and 12 months post-program completion. Program participants demonstrated immediate and sustained improvements in blood pressure readings and attainment of personal behavior change goals. Group hypertension education classes are an effective way to care for patients. Additional healthcare resources should be dedicated to creating and evaluating educational delivery models that are sustainable and provide results over time, including financial implications to the health system.
高血压仍然是一个健康危机，有多种方法试图为管理制定最佳实践。我们的高血压小组教育计划的目标是通过组建一个多学科的健康专业团队来改善患者的健康结果。创建了一个 6 小时的小组课程，重点是营养、生活方式和药物管理高血压的方法，同时纳入个人确定的行为改变目标和障碍。在项目前、项目完成时以及项目完成后 6 个月和 12 个月跟踪了结果。项目参与者的血压读数立即得到改善，并持续改善，个人行为改变目标也得以实现。小组高血压教育课程是照顾患者的有效方法。应该投入更多的医疗保健资源来创建和评估教育交付模式，这些模式是可持续的，并随着时间的推移产生结果，包括对卫生系统的财务影响。
