Effect of Cognitive-behavioral Change Model-based Online Health Education in Hypertension Management

Background In China, a country owning a large number of hypertensive patients, offline management is still a major approach for hypertension prevention and control, but the efficiency and effectiveness of this approach are unsatisfactory. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a closed-loop hypertension management path using online management approaches actively explored based on cognitive-behavioral models. Objective To assess the effect of cognitive-behavioral change model-based online health education in the management of hypertension. Methods A total of 122 essential hypertension outpatients and inpatients were recruited from General Practice Department, General Hospital of Medical University of Ningxia Medical University from November 2018 to October 2019, and randomly divided into online management group (n=61) and off-line management group (n=61) . Off-line management group received routine management. Online management group received online health education (including systematic courses and personalize