The Role of Telemedicine in Improving Hypertension Management Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Telehealth has been proven to be effective in a variety of healthcare settings and has enhanced patient utilization of healthcare services. Little is known about the use of telehealth in the treatment of hypertension. This study aimed to categorize and identify data related to various telehealth tec...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 16; no. 11; p. e74090
Main Authors: Ali, Salma Hassan M, Osman Mohamed, Areij Awad, Osman, Hanady Me M, Abdelrahman Ibrahim, Mohamed Elsayed, Hassan Mukhtar, Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed, Fatima Hadab, Alhajri, Ali Hadi M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto (CA) Cureus 20-11-2024
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Summary:Telehealth has been proven to be effective in a variety of healthcare settings and has enhanced patient utilization of healthcare services. Little is known about the use of telehealth in the treatment of hypertension. This study aimed to categorize and identify data related to various telehealth technologies and intervention types used in the management of hypertension. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were used to search the literature based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. These databases contained 1,483 relevant articles, which were screened for duplication using Endnote software. After a careful full-text article evaluation, only 42 of these articles were found to be relevant. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to assess the risk of bias in each included study. The majority of studies (23.8%) were conducted in urban areas (33.3%), were from the United States, and used a quantitative study approach (69%), according to the proportions of studies displaying different patterns over the past 10 years. Telemonitoring and teleconsultation are the two most used telehealth techniques for managing hypertension. Asynchronous telehealth is quickly becoming the most popular technique for controlling hypertension. In hypertension management, telehealth refers to the use of communication technologies to remotely monitor and regulate blood pressure as well as offer medical advice and counseling.Telehealth has been proven to be effective in a variety of healthcare settings and has enhanced patient utilization of healthcare services. Little is known about the use of telehealth in the treatment of hypertension. This study aimed to categorize and identify data related to various telehealth technologies and intervention types used in the management of hypertension. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were used to search the literature based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. These databases contained 1,483 relevant articles, which were screened for duplication using Endnote software. After a careful full-text article evaluation, only 42 of these articles were found to be relevant. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to assess the risk of bias in each included study. The majority of studies (23.8%) were conducted in urban areas (33.3%), were from the United States, and used a quantitative study approach (69%), according to the proportions of studies displaying different patterns over the past 10 years. Telemonitoring and teleconsultation are the two most used telehealth techniques for managing hypertension. Asynchronous telehealth is quickly becoming the most popular technique for controlling hypertension. In hypertension management, telehealth refers to the use of communication technologies to remotely monitor and regulate blood pressure as well as offer medical advice and counseling.
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ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.74090