Detection and Control of Pregnancy Hypertension Using Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure With Automated Telemonitoring: Cost Analyses of the BUMP Randomized Trials.
Hypertension
; 81(4): 887-896, 2024 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-38258566
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Pregnancy hypertension continues to cause maternal and perinatal morbidity. Two linked UK randomized trials showed adding self-monitoring of blood pressure (SMBP) with automated telemonitoring to usual antenatal care did not result in earlier detection or better control of pregnancy hypertension. This article reports the trials' integrated cost analyses.METHODS:
Two cost analyses. SMBP with usual care was compared with usual care alone in pregnant individuals at risk of hypertension (BUMP 1 trial [Blood Pressure Monitoring in High Risk Pregnancy to Improve the Detection and Monitoring of Hypertension], n=2441) and with hypertension (BUMP 2 trial, n=850). Clinical notes review identified participant-level antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care and these were costed. Comparisons between trial arms used means and 95% CIs. Within BUMP 2, chronic and gestational hypertension cohorts were analyzed separately. Telemonitoring system costs were reported separately.RESULTS:
In BUMP 1, mean (SE) total costs with SMBP and with usual care were £7200 (£323) and £7063 (£245), respectively, mean difference (95% CI), £151 (-£633 to £936). For the BUMP 2 chronic hypertension cohort, corresponding figures were £13â 384 (£1230), £12â 614 (£1081), mean difference £323 (-£2904 to £3549) and for the gestational hypertension cohort were £11â 456 (£901), £11â 145 (£959), mean difference £41 (-£2486 to £2567). The per-person cost of telemonitoring was £6 in BUMP 1 and £29 in BUMP 2.CONCLUSIONS:
SMBP was not associated with changes in the cost of health care contacts for individuals at risk of, or with, pregnancy hypertension. This is reassuring as SMBP in pregnancy is widely prevalent, particularly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. REGISTRATION URL https//www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier NCT03334149.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pre-Eclampsia
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Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Hypertension
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article