Background: High blood pressure or hypertension is a vastly prevalent chronic condition
among adults that can, if not appropriately treated, contribute to several life-threatening …

Background: Mobile health (mHealth) interventions can improve health by improving
cardiovascular risk factors, but their adoption in care by physicians and patients is untapped …

Background: Hypertension is a widespread chronic disease, and its effective treatment
requires self-management by patients. Health-related apps provide an effective way of …

Background: Thousands of mobile health (mHealth) apps have been developed to support
patients' management of their health, but the effectiveness of many of the apps remains …

Background: Hypertension is a chronic disease that is considered to be a public health
problem and requires efforts by patients to manage themselves. The global growth in the …

Background: Worldwide, hypertension control rates remain suboptimal despite clinically
effective antihypertensive drug therapy. Patient failure to take medication as prescribed (ie …

Background: Mobile phone and tablet ownership have increased in the United States over
the last decade, contributing to the growing use of mobile health (mHealth) interventions to …

Background: Smartphone apps are increasingly being used to aid in hypertension self-
management, and a large and ever-growing number of self-management apps have been …

Background: Mobile health apps can help to change health-related behaviors and manage
chronic conditions in patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes mellitus …

Background: Hypertension is a major cause of cardiovascular disease, which is the leading
cause of premature death. People with hypertension who do not comply with recommended …