Health Coaching Added to Standard Therapy for Hypertension: Blood Pressure and Quality of Life

The Effect of Health Coaching on Hypertension Management on Blood Pressure and Quality of Life of Patients in Primary Health Care Facilities

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if adding health coaching to standard therapy lowers blood pressure and increases quality of life in adults with hypertension receiving care at a primary care clinic. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does adding health coaching to standard therapy lower systolic blood pressure? Does adding health coaching to standard therapy lower diastolic blood pressure? Does adding health coaching to standard therapy increase quality of life?

Researchers will compare standard therapy plus health coaching with standard therapy alone to see if adding health coaching results in greater reductions in blood pressure and greater improvements in quality of life.

articipants will:

• Receive standard therapy for hypertension if assigned to the control group.
• Receive standard therapy plus four health coaching sessions over 3 months if assigned to the intervention group.
• Have their blood pressure measured before and after the study.
• Complete a quality-of-life questionnaire at the beginning and end of the study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with hypertension at the study site aged >18 years.
• Patients diagnosed with hypertension within the previous 12 months.
• Current participants of the Prolanis program at the study site.
• Willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with hypertension who are not registered as BPJS Kesehatan participants at the study FKTP.
• Patients with hypertension who are already controlled with standard treatment.
• Patients with hypertension with comorbidities (diabetes mellitus, stroke, or heart disease).
• Patients with hypertension who smoke.
• Patients with hypertension who have obesity.