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| |  Interactive Digital Interventions Help Patients Control High Blood Pressure New CPSTF Recommendation! The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommendsthe use of interactive digital interventions to improve blood pressure control in patients with high blood pressure. The recommendation is based on results from the following systematic review, additional information from the included studies, and expert input from review team members and the CPSTF: McLean G, Band R, Saunderson K, Hanlon P, Murray E, et al. Digital interventions to promote self-management in adults with hypertension: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Hypertension 2016;34(4):600-12.
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Why is this important? - About 1 of 3 U.S. adults have high blood pressure (Merai, 2016).
- Only about 54% of adults with high blood pressure have it under control (Merai, 2016)
- Lowering blood pressure by changes in lifestyle or medication can reduce your risk of heart disease and heart attacks (CDC, 2017).
Click to edit this placeholder text.  Twitterretweet @CPSTF messages about the new recommendation or tweet one of the following examples: - NEW! @CPSTF recommends interactive digital interventions for blood pressure self-management. #TheCommunityGuide bit.ly/2ASNgGp
- Visit #TheCommunityGuide for NEW @CPSTF findings on interactive digital interventions to help patients self-manage #bloodpressure. #works4health bit.ly/2ASNgGp
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