IRCT201703127391N5 IRCT 2017-03-28 Vice Chancellor for research of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Telenursing And Pre-hypertension The Impact Of Telenursing On Blood Pressure And Body Mass Index Of People With Pre-hypertension 2016-07-22 anticipated 81 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/7839 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Prevention. N/A High blood pressure. Intervention 1: Intervention group: Subjects participated in a two-hour session (using lecture, PowerPoint) regarding blood pressure, hypertension and its risk factors, and healthy lifestyle. Researcher’s phone number was given to patients, in the experimental group. Phone calls and messages schedule were described to them. The time limit for phone calls and messages were between 8 am to 20 pm. A phone call was made for each patient in a month (call duration was about 15 minutes) ,for two months. Four messages were sent in a week (totally 32). Messages and phone calls were about risk factors of hypertension, reinforce patient’s health behaviors, giving health recommendations. In addition, in the case of occurring a problem or question, patients could contact with researcher. At the end of the study, blood pressure, weight and height were measured and questionnaire was completed again. Intervention 2: Control group: Subjects participated in a two-hour session (using lecture, PowerPoint) regarding blood pressure, hypertension risk factors, and healthy lifestyle. Then after eight weeks, the samples were invited again to complete the questionnaire and measure weight , height and blood pressure.