Impact of medication therapy management (MTM) service model on multi-morbidity (MMD) patients with hypertension: a pilot RCT

Table 2 Comparison of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure between two groups (mmHg)

Group	Systolic blood pressure					Diastolic blood pressure
Group	At the initial phase of admission	In the first month after discharge	In the third month after discharge	In the sixth month after discharge	In the twelfth month after discharge	At the initial phase of admission	In the first month after discharge	In the third month after discharge	In the sixth month after discharge	In the twelfth month after discharge
Intervention group (n = 51)	144.98 ± 14.78	143.20 ± 12.75	142.02 ± 13.27	136.31 ± 11.82^a	135.51 ± 9.99^ab	83.55 ± 11.21	82.49 ± 11.27	80.90 ± 11.13	75.31 ± 9.11^a	72.45 ± 6.76^ab
Control group (n = 50)	143.78 ± 13.95	143.46 ± 12.84	141.10 ± 13.29	140.32 ± 14.71^a	140.14 ± 10.23 ^ab	81.66 ± 12.39	80.36 ± 10.74	79.86 ± 10.07	78.44 ± 10.45	77.96 ± 8.67^ab
^bP value	0.676	0.918	0.729	0.134	0.023	0.424	0.333	0.623	0.112	< 0.001

Systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were compared with that of the group at the initial phase of admission, ^aP < 0.05;
systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were compared between the two groups, ^bP < 0.05

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