AI tailors blood pressure advice: could personalized texts beat pamphlets?
NCT ID NCT07776834
First seen Aug 20, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether personalized education generated by artificial intelligence can help adults with hypertension learn more about their condition and take their medication more consistently, compared to a standard printed booklet. About 88 adults with high blood pressure will receive either the usual printed information or AI-crafted lessons delivered over four weeks via WhatsApp or SMS, voice messages, and brief phone calls. Researchers will measure changes in hypertension knowledge, medication adherence confidence, and blood pressure from the start to the fifth week.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Generative AI-supported personalized hypertension education delivered via WhatsApp/SMS, voice messages, and phone follow-up
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could offer a scalable, low-cost way to help people with hypertension better manage their condition and stick to their medication.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is small (88 participants) and short-term, so results may not apply broadly. The effect may be modest, and the intervention relies on participants' ability to use messaging apps.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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88 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntary agreement to participate in the study * Diagnosis of hypertension * Use of antihypertensive medication for at least 6 months * Medication adherence self-efficacy score of 26 or lower * Age 18 years or older * Ability to read and write in Turkish * General health status adequate for communication * Ability to read SMS messages and use WhatsApp Exclusion Criteria: * Withdrawal from the study after enrollment * Inability to be reached by telephone during the follow-up period
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Akdeniz University Hospital
Antalya, Antalya, 07070, Turkey (Türkiye)