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Table 3 Study outcomes for patients assigned to storytelling and didactic interventions

From: Culturally adaptive storytelling intervention versus didactic intervention to improve hypertension control in Vietnam: a cluster-randomized controlled feasibility trial

 

Storytelling

Didactic

(n = 80)

(n = 80)

Systolic blood pressure (mean, SD), mmHg

 Baseline

150.4 (17.5)

144.3 (8.9)

 Month 1

139.8 (15.8)

136.6 (20.4)

 Month 3

142.2 (17.6)

138.9 (17.5)

Diastolic blood pressure (mean, SD), mmHg

 Baseline

91.3 (9.3)

87.8 (8.1)

 Month 1

88.4 (11.0)

85.5 (13.6)

 Month 3

85.3 (10.3)

82.7 (13.4)

Controlled blood pressure (%)a

 Baseline

16.3

25.0

 Month 1

36.3

51.3

 Month 3

41.8

48.8

Moderate to high medication adherence (%)b

 Baseline

62.3

72.8

 Month 3

77.5

57.4

  1. aBased on guidelines from the Joint National Commission for the Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
  2. bBased on self-reported items from an adapted medication adherence scale for Vietnamese patients with hypertension