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Trial reportJournal of the American Heart Association2021

Effect of Posting on Social Media on Systolic Blood Pressure and Management of Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Christina Mancheno, David A Asch, Elissa V Klinger, Jesse L Goldshear, Nandita Mitra, Alison M Buttenheim, Frances K Barg, Lyle H Ungar, Lin Yang, Raina M Merchant

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christina ManchenoPenn Medicine Center for Digital Health University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA.
David A AschPenn Medicine Center for Digital Health University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA.
Elissa V KlingerPenn Medicine Center for Digital Health University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA.
Jesse L GoldshearPenn Medicine Center for Digital Health University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA.ORCID 0000-0003-2796-3520
Nandita MitraDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA.
Alison M ButtenheimDepartment of Family and Community Health University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Philadelphia PA.
Frances K BargDepartment of Family and Community Health University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Philadelphia PA.ORCID 0000-0003-3328-1980
Lyle H UngarPenn Medicine Center for Digital Health University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA.
Lin YangDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA.
Raina M MerchantPenn Medicine Center for Digital Health University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA.ORCID 0000-0002-9801-6881
University of Pennsylvania Health System · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USVeterans Health Administration · US

Funding

Mentoring and Patient Oriented Research in Cardiovascular Health and Digital Data ScienceK24HL157621 · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2025 to 2025
$123k
NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL157621NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122457NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141844
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Online platforms are used to manage aspects of our lives including health outside clinical settings. Little is known about the effectiveness of using online platforms to manage hypertension. We assessed effects of tweeting/retweeting cardiovascular health content by individuals with poorly controlled hypertension on systolic blood pressure (SBP) and patient activation. Methods and Results We conducted this 2-arm randomized controlled trial. Eligibility included diagnosis of hypertension; SBP >140 mm Hg; and an existing Twitter account or willingness to create one to follow study Twitter account. Intervention arm was asked to tweet/retweet health content 2×/week using a specific hashtag for study duration (6 months). The main measures include primary outcome change in SBP; secondary outcome point change in Patient Activation Measure (PAM). We remotely recruited and enrolled 611 participants, mean age 52 (SD, 11.7). Mean baseline SBP for the intervention group was 155.8 and for control was 155.6. At 6 months, mean SBP for intervention group was 137.6 and for control was 135.7. Mean change in SBP from baseline to 6 months for the intervention group was -18.5 and for control was -19.8

Indexed as

HypertensionSocial MediaAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureHumansMiddle AgedPatient ParticipationAntihypertensive Agentsblood pressuredigital healthhypertensiononline postsocial mediaTwitter

Identifiers

PMID34558301
PMCPMC8649152
OpenAlexW3200748187

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