International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-780210112020022521912191ENDepartment of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, IsfahanDepartment of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, IsfahanDepartment of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, IsfahanDepartment of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan20200225<p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Background</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Hypertension has been one of the early mortality and morbidity in human societies.<br />Training and consequently compliance increase will lead to improve treatment progress and<br />disease control. The study aimed at the effect of training through short message service (SMS)<br />on blood pressure mean and compliance scale in hypertensive patients. Hypertension control is<br />essential to prevent early mortality. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Methods</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">This study is a randomized controlled clinical,<br />uni‑center, single‑blinded. The study was managed in a health‑care center subordinated to<br />Medical University of Isfahan, Iran, in 2017. Sampling was a convenient method therefore the<br />researchers implemented it for 188 hypertensive patients who were allocated randomly into two<br />groups: SMS group and control group. First, all patients filled the compliance questionnaire, and<br />their blood pressure was measured. Afterward, the intervention group would be texting daily<br />for 1 month containing a training text. During 1 and 2 months after intervention, all patients’<br />blood pressure will be measured, and then the questionnaire had been filled 2 months after<br />intervention, again. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Results</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Systolic blood pressure mean decreased from 136.23 ± 15.91 to<br />121.70 ± 14.43 and diastolic blood pressure mean decreased from 91.95 ± 8.24 to 86.64 ± 7.86<br />in the intervention group according to analysis of variance through repeated measurement and is<br />significantly different in comparison with control group (</span><span class="fontstyle3">P </span><span class="fontstyle2">&lt; 0.001). Compliance scale increased<br />from 72.95 ± 7.65 to 85.40 ± 5.62 based on dependent </span><span class="fontstyle3">t</span><span class="fontstyle2">‑test which was significantly different<br />with the control group (</span><span class="fontstyle3">P </span><span class="fontstyle2">&lt; 0.001). </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Conclusions</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">SMS training would be an effective method to<br />control hypertension.<br /></span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0" style="color: #00652e;"><strong>Keywords</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle3">Compliance, hypertension, short message service, training</span></p>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2191http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2191/717718070