Abstract
High blood pressure is a leading cause of premature death. Healthy lifestyle choices (of diet, exercise, sleep and stress) could offer significant results. However, health literacy and -competence are lacking in most people, compared to best practice health choices, so there is room for improvement in creating hypertension self-management results. We tested an intensive two-week Self-Management Support (SMS) pilot, using daily feedback and microlearning cycles. Participants (n=8) reduced their blood pressure from 145/92 to 126/86 mmHg on average. User evaluation on effectiveness of the health support elements highlighted the importance of key SMS components like: information transfer, daily monitoring, enhancing problem solving/decision making, self-treatment using a tailored action plan, coping skills and ongoing follow-up with skilled coaches. Moreover, several aspects from microlearning, peer coaching, results-achievement and feeling better (=intrinsic motivation) were useful and hold promise for future intervention updates.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 35th Bled eConference |
Subtitle of host publication | Digital Restructuring and Human (Re)action: June 26 – 29, 2022, Bled, Slovenia |
Place of Publication | Maribor, Slovenia |
Pages | 511-524 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-961-286-616-7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Event | 35th Bled eConference – Digital Restructuring and Human (Re)action: June 26 – 29, 2022, Bled, Slovenia, Conference Proceedings - Bled, Slovenia Duration: 26 Jun 2022 → 29 Jun 2022 |
Conference
Conference | 35th Bled eConference – Digital Restructuring and Human (Re)action: June 26 – 29, 2022, Bled, Slovenia, Conference Proceedings |
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Country/Territory | Slovenia |
City | Bled |
Period | 26/06/22 → 29/06/22 |
Keywords
- Self-Management Support
- microlearning
- peer coaching
- eHealth
- hypertension