At 24 and 48 months, greater BP control was seen in the lifestyle coaching group versus the usual care group<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A lifestyle coaching (LC) intervention is more successful than usual care for improving blood pressure (BP) control among Black adults, according to a study published online May 18 in JAMA Network Open<\/em>.<\/p>\n Mai N. Nguyen-Huynh, M.D., from the Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center in California, and colleagues randomly assigned Black adult members of a health care delivery system with BP of at least 140\/90 mm Hg to usual care (UC group; 1,129 participants), enhanced pharmacotherapy (EP) monitoring of current BP management protocol (EP group; 346 participants), or diet and lifestyle coaching (LC group; 286 participants), which included as many as 16 telephone sessions with a lifestyle coach, focusing on the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet.<\/p>\n The researchers observed no significant difference in BP control rates among the study groups at the end of the 12-month intervention period (UC, 61.8 percent; EP, 64.5 percent; and LC, 67.8 percent). At 24 months and 48 months after enrollment, however, greater BP control was seen in the LC versus UC group (24 months: UC, 61.2 percent; EP, 67.6 percent; LC, 72.4 percent; 48 months: UC, 64.5 percent; EP, 66.5 percent; and LC, 73.1 percent).<\/p>\n “The LC intervention was feasible to implement in this high-risk population and was effective in helping these adults manage their chronic condition even three years after the intervention ended,” the authors write.<\/p>\n Two authors disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n