TY - JOUR T1 - A nurse-led email reminder programme on healthy lifestyle can improve cardiovascular risk factors in hypertensive adults JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 56 LP - 56 DO - 10.1136/eb-2014-101940 VL - 18 IS - 2 AU - Hayden Bosworth Y1 - 2015/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/18/2/56.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Cicolini G, Simonetti V, Comparcini D, et al. Efficacy of a nurse-led email reminder program for cardiovascular prevention risk reduction in hypertensive patients: a randomized controlled trial. Int J Nurs Stud 2014;51:833–43.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedIndividuals receiving a nurse-led reminder programme through email observed improvements in risk factors for cardiovascular disease, relative to a usual care control group.Issues to consider what would further enhance the likelihood of successful implementation of the intervention are discussed.Unhealthy behaviours such as smoking and poor diet account for as many as 40% of premature deaths.1 The study by Cicolini and colleagues is an example of a potentially useful cardiovascular disease risk-reduction programme based on potentially significant findings.Hypertensive individuals were enrolled … ER -