Research Participants Needed in the Study on Using Smartwatches to Manage Hypertension

PHOENIX - Jan. 1, 2024 - PRLog --

• Do you live in Maricopa County, AZ?
• Do you have a smartphone or other device that you can download the Dafit app to so the watch can transmit data to the device?
• Are you between 45 and 75 years of age?
• Were you diagnosed with hypertension at least within the last 3 years?
• Do you reside in one of the following medically underserved primary care areas (MUA), such as:  Alhambra Village, Avondale, Buckeye, Central City Village, Estrella Village and Tolleson, Glendale Central, Laveen Village, Maryvale Village, or South Mountain & Guadalupe?

If you answered yes to each of the questions listed above, you may be eligible to participate as one of the 100 research participants in a research study between January and April 2024.

The purpose of this research study is to determine if differences exist between the use of mHealth wearable devices, especially smartwatches, and the improvement in high blood pressure (hypertension) control in African-born immigrant groups, aged 45-75 who live in Maricopa County, Arizona.

• Participants will be randomly divided into two groups. Group 1 participants will wear Dafit M2 smartwatches for 6 weeks daily from 8 am to 8 pm. Group 2 participants will not wear the smartwatches.
• All participants will also complete an electronic questionnaire via an encrypted Google Form link. and transfer the blood pressure information from their form to the questionnaire.
• The questionnaire will consist of 21 questions for group 1 and 17 questions for group 2 and take approximately 20 minutes for all participants.

Group 1 participants will receive a free Dafit M2 smartwatch.
Group 2 participants will be entered in a prize drawing for one of 25 Dafit M2 smartwatches.

If you would like to participate, please sign the consent form on this link (https://qualtricsxm2vl6cyslh.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8j...) and fill out the Questionnaire via Google Form (https://forms.gle/aFNAMHBTB2n9w9BYA).

We are inviting every interested and qualified volunteer to join our research. Also, we thank everyone who is currently participating.

Thank you all for your valuable time.

Nelson M. Bryant, a PhD candidate in the School of Health Sciences at Liberty University is conducting this study.

Please contact Nelson Bryant at (805) 805-0465 or bmnelson8@liberty.edu for any questions or more information.