The Retail Outlet Health Kiosk Hypertension Trial (ROKHYT): Pilot Results

BACKGROUND Blood pressure (BP) control was only 43.7% in the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) survey in 2017–2018. Scalable, nonclinic-based strategies to control BP are needed. We therefore conducted a pilot trial of a text-messaging intervention in a national network of retail outlet health kiosks with BP devices. All study procedures were conducted remotely. METHODS Eligible individuals (N = 140), based on average BP greater than...