Potential Use of Personal Health Records in Managing  Hypertension: A Systematic Review

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Hypertension; personal health record; risk prevention; hypertension management

Hypertension is a major problem in both developed and developing countries. In 2015, worldwide cases of

hypertension reached 1.13 billion people, and in 2025, it is expected to increase to 1.5 billion people. Every

year, 9.4 million people die from hypertension and complications, but hypertension could be prevented

by risk control. This literature study aims to assess the potential use of personal health records to manage

hypertension. The method used in this research was the systematic literature review following the PRISMA

protocol. Scientific articles were obtained from five electronic databases, namely PubMed, JSTOR,

EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and Google Scholar, with publication dates between 2009 and 2019. Initially, we

obtained 103 articles, but after screening there were only four articles that met the requirements for this

study. The articles, which come from the USA, Canada and France, show the potential use of PHRs to

manage hypertension because of their ability to keep a record of complete health data. There was a decrease

of 5.25 diastolic BP points from 25.7% of active users. Based on this data, the tool can assess user level

of hypertension risk. A further benefit of the PHR as a mobile application tool is the potential to increase

awareness of and encouragement to engage in healthy behaviors so the risk of hypertension can be managed.

The PHR is a tool to monitor physical exercise, diet, weight and the extent to which hypertension has been

controlled based on blood pressure readings, examination results and related laboratory results.

Yosi Meidiawati1 , Kemal N. Siregar2 , Berly Nisa Srimayarti1

1 Post Graduate Student of Health Informatics, 2Senior Lecturer, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Public

Health, Universitas Indonesia