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. 2024 Mar 1;11(1):e002535.
doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2023-002535.

OPTIMA-BP: empOwering PaTients in MAnaging Blood Pressure - protocol for a randomised parallel group study comparing use of Kvatchii web-based patient education portal as an addition to home blood pressure monitoring

Linsay McCallum  1   2 , Stefanie Lip  3 , Maggie Rostron  4 , Rebecca Hanna  1 , Nukman Bin Pg Md Salimin  4 , Sarah Nichol  1 , Sandosh Padmanabhan  5
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OPTIMA-BP: empOwering PaTients in MAnaging Blood Pressure - protocol for a randomised parallel group study comparing use of Kvatchii web-based patient education portal as an addition to home blood pressure monitoring

Linsay McCallum et al. Open Heart. .

Abstract

Introduction: Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is implicated in half of all strokes and myocardial infarctions. One-third of the adults in Scotland have hypertension yet only a quarter of them have their blood pressure (BP) controlled to target (<140/90 mm Hg). Empowering patients to have a better understanding of their condition and becoming actively involved in the monitoring and management of hypertension may lead to improved patient satisfaction, improved BP control and health outcomes and reduction in the use of primary/secondary care hypertension clinics.

Methods and analysis: OPTIMA-BP is a randomised parallel group pilot study comparing the use of home BP monitoring accompanied by access to the web-based cardiovascular educational portal (Kvatchii) and home BP monitoring (HBPM) alone in 200 patients with hypertension attending the Glasgow Blood Pressure Clinic, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. Consented participants will be asked to complete surveys on lifestyle factors, medication adherence, quality of life and hypertension knowledge, understanding and home monitoring. The intervention group will be asked to complete a survey to help evaluate the Kvatchii portal. At 6 and 12 months, the surveys will be repeated via the CASTOR EDC. Both groups will input their HBPM results at 2-month intervals into a CASTOR-EDC survey. OPTIMA-BP will follow-up with participants over 12 months with the study running over 24 months. The primary outcome is HBPM systolic BP area under the curve between baseline and 6 months ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: OPTIMA-BP was approved by the North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2 (22/NS/0095). Current protocol version 1.2 date 6 June 2023. Written informed consent will be provided by all study participants. Study findings will be submitted to international peer-reviewed journals and will be presented at national and international scientific meetings.

Trial registration number: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05575453. Registered 12 October 2022. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05575453.

Keywords: Delivery of Health Care; Hypertension; Research Design.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: SP is a Professor of Cardiovascular Genomics and Therapeutics at the University of Glasgow and an Honorary NHS Consultant Physician who works in the Glasgow Blood Pressure Clinic. SP is a cofounder and director of Kvatchii Limited and developed the education portal. There are no other competing interests.

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OPTIMA-BP study design. BP, blood pressure; EDC, CASTOR electronic data collection form; GBPC, Glasgow Blood Pressure Clinic; HBPM, home BP monitoring; R, randomise.
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OPTIMA-BP Kvatchii portal screenshot.
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