Shahna Arps, Krista McCarthy Noviski, Lauren Tucker, Ameisha Tutwiler
Medical students' motivations for participating in an elective focused on social inequalities and health disparities
Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice
hypertension htn affects millions americans whole lives ehealth toolkit hypertension cardiac risk factors owlh ehealth platform teaches evidencebased lifestyle strategies mindfulness cooking skills improve selfmanagement htn primary goal pilot study evaluate feasibility owlh combined teaching kitchen medical group visits tkmgvs lowincome population participants htn conducted prepost 8week study assess feasibility hybrid program webbased 9module selfmanagement program includes mindfulness mediterranean dietary approaches stop hypertension diet accompanied 3 inperson tkmgvs among patients htn data including demographics platform use satisfaction using owlh examined outcome data collected baseline 8 weeks included mediterranean diet questionnaire hypertension selfcare profile selfefficacy instrument blood pressure knowledge questionnaire number selfreported blood pressure readings statistical analysis used descriptive statistics paired sample tests 1tailed qualitative methods 25 enrolled participants 22 88 participants completed study participants average age 57 sd 121 years 46 1124 reported household income us 30000 per year among 22 participants logged owlh average number mindfulness practices completed 7 average number module sessions accessed 4 73 1622 participants reported satisfied using owlh help manage htn participants blood pressure knowledge significantly increased baseline mean 558 sd 144 followup mean 613 sd 123 p03 participants significantly increased adherence mediterranean diet baseline mean 765 sd 219 followup mean 9 sd 168 p004 participants selfefficacy applying hearthealthy habits measured hypertension selfcare profile selfefficacy instrument increased baseline mean 6367 sd 906 followup mean 6554 sd 756 p14 8week followup 82 1822 participants selfreported blood pressure owlh platform least 8 weeks ehealth platform htn selfmanagement owlh accompanying inperson tkmgvs potential effectively improve lifestyle management htn clinicaltrialsgov nct03974334 httpsclinicaltrialsgovct2shownct03974334