Lifestyle Online Re-Intervention On Blood Pressure, BMI, And Physical Activity On Obese Hypertensive Patients

Hypertension incidence and overweight or obesity related, constitute a worrying public health problem nowadays. In this sense, healthy eating and regular physical activity have demonstrated a relevant role maintaining health while ageing. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been shown as a useful way to promote health, improving motivation and overcoming difficulties to maintain a healthy lifestyle. ICTs also reach a wider audience at a lower cost, due to their good cost-benefit relationship and the possibility of increasing the efficiency of interventions.

This research will constitute a 3 years follow-up which includes a re-assessment and re-intervention of obese or overweight adults with hypertension, recruited from a hypertension unit of a public hospital, that already participated in a similar program 3 years ago. At the same time, the aim of the study is to analyze the effects of the current program, which will take 3 months and promotes lifestyle changes focusing on healthy eating and increased physical activity in their 9 modules, comparing the results obtained in 2018. These patients will be allocated into one experimental group. Assessment will include: Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, Physical Activity levels, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

Inclusion criteria

• Hypertension
• Overweight or obesity (25 ≤ BMI ≤ 35 kg/m2)
• Aged between 18-65 years
• Have participated in the same program 3 years ago

Exclusion criteria

• Not having access to the Internet or lack of information about it.
• Treatment with more than 3 antihypertensive drugs.
• Meet the criteria of the DSM-IV-TR of a Food Disorder.
• Presenting some type of severe psychiatric disorder.
• Disability that prevents or hinders physical exercise.
• Receiving some treatment for weight loss.