Event Title
Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure in Community-dwelling Senior Adults
Description
PURPOSE: The purpose of this evidence-based practice (EBP) project is to determine whether self-monitoring of blood pressure (SMBP) improves hypertension knowledge and increases the SMBP frequency in a low-income senior, senior adult community. Another outcome of interest is a reduction in mean blood pressure for the cohort. PROCEDURES: Participants must self-report a diagnosis of hypertension and reside in the senior apartment community. Participants will attend four educational sessions about hypertension. Participants will receive a calibrated, automated BP monitor. They will learn how to correctly perform SMBP. Participants will measure, record, and categorize (normal, elevated, high) four blood pressures each week for six weeks. The participants will learn how modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors affect BP control. OUTCOME: Measures of interest include program attendance, ability to categorize blood pressures, SMBP frequency and mean cohort BP. Statistical analysis of these measures will take place before and after the program. BP ranges will be reported using a box-and-whisker plot display. A p-value of n ≤ .05 will be significant. IMPACT: Implementation of SMBP in low-income, senior adult communities may improve long-term management of hypertension. Uncontrolled high BP is the leading cause of heart attack and stroke in the United States. By empowering senior adults to control their blood pressure, this project may prevent or delay a heart attack or stroke and prolong the length of time these high-risk seniors can continue to live independently.
Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure in Community-dwelling Senior Adults
PURPOSE: The purpose of this evidence-based practice (EBP) project is to determine whether self-monitoring of blood pressure (SMBP) improves hypertension knowledge and increases the SMBP frequency in a low-income senior, senior adult community. Another outcome of interest is a reduction in mean blood pressure for the cohort. PROCEDURES: Participants must self-report a diagnosis of hypertension and reside in the senior apartment community. Participants will attend four educational sessions about hypertension. Participants will receive a calibrated, automated BP monitor. They will learn how to correctly perform SMBP. Participants will measure, record, and categorize (normal, elevated, high) four blood pressures each week for six weeks. The participants will learn how modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors affect BP control. OUTCOME: Measures of interest include program attendance, ability to categorize blood pressures, SMBP frequency and mean cohort BP. Statistical analysis of these measures will take place before and after the program. BP ranges will be reported using a box-and-whisker plot display. A p-value of n ≤ .05 will be significant. IMPACT: Implementation of SMBP in low-income, senior adult communities may improve long-term management of hypertension. Uncontrolled high BP is the leading cause of heart attack and stroke in the United States. By empowering senior adults to control their blood pressure, this project may prevent or delay a heart attack or stroke and prolong the length of time these high-risk seniors can continue to live independently.