[LB.03.02] HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT WITH HY-RESULT SYSTEM: PATIENTS VERSUS WEB USERS OPINION STUDY. (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Postel-Vinay, N.; Bobrie, B.; Steichen, O.; Berra, E.; Savard, S.; Persu, A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of hypertension. Volume 35(2017)Supplement 2
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: Hypertension -- Periodicals; Hypertension -- Periodicals; 616.132005
• DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000523173.36857.1a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1473-5598

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: Hy-Result is a free web-based rule management software designed to help patients to comply with the home blood pressure measurement (HBPM) protocol and to self-interpret their results. The validation study was published in 2016. Here, we compare the opinion on the system of two groups of users: Patients seen in ESH Excellence Centres and Web Users. Design and method: We administered a web-based questionnaire with 24 independent closed questions to patients using the Hy-Result system. The same questionnaire was openly available through the system. A total of 194 anonymous subjects completed the questionnaire: 87 patients from 2 ESH centers (Paris and Brussels) and 107 Web Users. Results: Eighty percent of respondents were between 35 and 75-years old in both groups but ESH Centre patients tended to be younger (p = 0.04). Eighty six percent of the ESH Centre group received antihypertensive drugs, 48% of the subjects in the Web Users group (p < 0.001). Figure. No caption available. In the subgroup of 39 persons (36% of the total) who transmitted the Hy-Result report to their general practitioner, 92% reported that their doctor had considered the report useful (7% of their doctors did not look at the report and 1% advised against the use of the software). Almost all respondents (99% in the ESH Centers group and 97% of the Web Users) trust the software. The high rate of confidence in the web users group was unexpected because we did not know if a medical doctor recommended the Hy-Result system or not. In the future, it will be necessary to study to what extent health professionals are ready to integrate this tool into their practice. Conclusions: The Hy-Result system is well accepted by the majority of responders to this survey, both ESH Patients and Web Users.