Effectiveness of a Follow-up Program for Using Mobile Applications on Guidelines for Management when a Person with High Blood Pressure is Identified in a Hospital Outpatient Department Wanonniwat Hospital

Abstract

This research is a quasi-experimental type (Quasi-experimental research) type, two groups, the difference between two independent means, measured before and after to study the effectiveness of using a mobile application tracking program according to management guidelines when finding people with high blood pressure in the hospital. Outpatient department Wanonniwat Hospital population and sample a total of 28 people were specifically selected (Purposive sampling). The researcher collected data according to a mobile application tracking program according to guidelines for managing when people with high blood pressure are found in the hospital. Outpatient department Wanonniwat Hospital, all stages, analysis of basic statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.
The results of the study found a comparison of differences in outcome assessment according to the outcome assessment model in following up with patients diagnosed and receiving appropriate treatment. The experimental group came to see the doctor according to appointments with an average of 0.95 times, which was more than the control group who saw the doctor with an average of only 0.44 times. The average blood pressure for 7 days in the experimental group had an average of 114/76 mmHg, while the control group had blood pressure values. The average blood count was 138/92, which compared to before the experiment was at an improved level (p-value ‹ 0.01).
Samples of both the experimental group and the control group received services in the hospital, 100 percent of whom followed the mobile application monitoring program according to the management guidelines when encountering people with high blood pressure. Outpatient department Wanonniwat Hospital.