Home Blood Pressure-Guided Lifestyle Intervention for Elevated Blood Pressure Detected at Workplace Health Checkups: A Randomized Pilot Trial.
- 1Department of General Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan.
Abstract
Workplace health checkups may identify elevated blood pressure (BP), but a single measurement may not reflect usual BP. We evaluated home BP-guided lifestyle management after elevated BP was detected at a workplace health checkup. Fifty-eight municipal employees were randomized to home BP monitoring plus physician-led lifestyle counseling (n = 31) or the same counseling without home BP feedback (n = 27). Both groups received two scheduled counseling sessions. The primary outcome was change in systolic BP at the subsequent annual health checkup. Compared with the control group, the intervention group had greater reductions in systolic BP (between-group difference, -9.9 mmHg; 95% CI, -17.0 to -2.8; p = 0.007). After excluding three participants who initiated antihypertensive medication, the systolic BP difference remained significant (-7.7 mmHg; 95% CI, -14.6 to -0.8; p = 0.029). Home BP-guided lifestyle counseling may improve management of elevated BP detected at workplace health checkups.
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BibTeX
@article{omama2026home,
title = {{Home Blood Pressure-Guided Lifestyle Intervention for Elevated Blood Pressure Detected at Workplace Health Checkups: A Randomized Pilot Trial.}},
author = {Shinichi Omama and Tomohiro Takahashi and Tetsuya Yamada and Shinya Maita and Osamu Shimooki},
journal = {Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.1111/jch.70384},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42998904},
note = {CC BY-NC},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Home Blood Pressure-Guided Lifestyle Intervention for Elevated Blood Pressure Detected at Workplace Health Checkups: A Randomized Pilot Trial.
AU - Shinichi Omama
AU - Tomohiro Takahashi
AU - Tetsuya Yamada
AU - Shinya Maita
AU - Osamu Shimooki
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/01
JO - Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
DO - 10.1111/jch.70384
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42998904
AB - Workplace health checkups may identify elevated blood pressure (BP), but a single measurement may not reflect usual BP. We evaluated home BP-guided lifestyle management after elevated BP was detected at a workplace health checkup. Fifty-eight municipal employees were randomized to home BP monitoring plus physician-led lifestyle counseling (n = 31) or the same counseling without home BP feedback (n = 27). Both groups received two scheduled counseling sessions. The primary outcome was change in systolic BP at the subsequent annual health checkup. Compared with the control group, the intervention group had greater reductions in systolic BP (between-group difference, -9.9 mmHg; 95% CI, -17.0 to -2.8; p = 0.007). After excluding three participants who initiated antihypertensive medication, the systolic BP difference remained significant (-7.7 mmHg; 95% CI, -14.6 to -0.8; p = 0.029). Home BP-guided lifestyle counseling may improve management of elevated BP detected at workplace health checkups.
SN - 1524-6175
SN - 1751-7176
ER -