title: Effect of salt reduction intervention program using an electronic salt sensor and cellular phone on blood pressure among hypertensive workers.
abstract: We investigated the effectiveness of a workplace intervention program that utilized self-monitoring of daily salt excretion by an electronic salt sensor and sent personalized e-mail advice via cellular phone. Forty-one hypertensive male workers were assigned to intervention and control groups, then counseled together. Intervention group members were asked to measure daily salt excretion and received e-mail advice. After 4 weeks, a greater decrease of blood pressure (BP) was observed in the intervention group, with significant reductions to daily salt excretion and home BP. The new intervention program is considered useful for BP control among hypertensive workers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. t086030a@yokohama-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nozomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamasue
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tochikubo
authors.forename: Shunsaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizushima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D040421:Cell Phone; D003376:Counseling; D034742:Electronic Mail; D004581:Electronics; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000652:urine; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000652:urine; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017132:Workplace
chemical_list: D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary; D012965:Sodium Chloride