In this Clinical trial, randomized study to Compare the effect of self-management education with and without phone calls and the use of mobile social networking follow-up on self_management behavior in patients in the two Isfahan hospitals performed on 200 patients.
The study population are the patients with primary hypertension admitted to hospital a
Inclusion criteria are essential hypertension, the exact diagnosis by a doctor and having blood pressure greater than 85 / 140 mmgh, phone access, non-hospitalized treatment and make phone calls in less than four times during the study in groups training management track, participating in one of the training sessions in the intervention group or the death of a person, not study.
Patients into four groups (control, self-management training without follow-up, self-management education with telephone follow-up and pursuit of self-management education using mobile-based social networking) groups and the control group will receive common training, patients in the second group, self-education will participate in two sessions of 30-45 minutes. A third group self-management training similar to the training methods and content are without telephone follow-up. After 6 weeks, each week a phone call by the researcher to learn and impart information and health tips and reminders need to be patient and answer questions.
The fourth group self-management training will be like previous groups. In this type of track on a weekly basis through the cable connection is established. Self-management behaviors, by students in all 4 groups 6 weeks after the implementation of the training program is completed.
The primary outcome self-management behaviors blood pressure is secondary outcome.