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Using mHealth to support health coaching for patients with hypertension: A case-control study
Carl Markert1, Karim Zahed1, Patrick Dunn2
1Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Digital Health
|April 29, 2025
Summary
Automated mobile health (mHealth) coaching improved hypertension self-management. Patients using the HyperCoach app showed reduced blood pressure and enhanced quality of life and health literacy.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular disease management
- Digital health interventions
- Health behavior change
Background:
- Hypertension self-management presents challenges for many patients.
- Mobile health (mHealth) applications offer a potential solution for continuous patient support.
- The HyperCoach app was specifically designed to aid hypertension self-management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of an automated mHealth coaching app for hypertension self-management.
- To determine if patients with hypertension could improve disease self-management through digital health coaching.
Main Methods:
- Participants used a Bluetooth-enabled blood pressure monitor and weight scale connected to the HyperCoach mHealth app.
- The study involved a 30-day health awareness phase followed by a 30-day automated health coaching phase.
- Key metrics included blood pressure, heart rate, weight, quality of life, and health literacy.
Main Results:
- The health coaching phase significantly reduced systolic blood pressure (85.1 to 81.2 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (85.1 to 81.2 mmHg).
- Participants demonstrated significant improvements in quality of life scores (68.4 to 74.6).
- Hypertension health literacy scores increased substantially from 74.7% to 85.2%.
Conclusions:
- Integrating health coaching with daily blood pressure monitoring via mHealth can motivate behavior change in hypertensive individuals.
- mHealth coaching shows promise for improving hypertension management globally.
- Further research is needed to address cultural and demographic variations in digital health coaching effectiveness.
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