Middle-aged and Older Adults with Hypertension in Rural Communities

The experimental group participates in the Mobio Health Multimedia Hypertension Promotion Program, which includes a hypertension education manual and a mobile health (m-health) intervention aimed at enhancing participants' health literacy and promoting healthy behaviors. In the first week, participants receive the health-education manual on-site, with face-to-face explanations and guidance on using mobile resources, such as text messaging, provided by the Sub-Investigator. The mobile health intervention transforms the manual's content into six video units, each covering a specific topic, and these videos are continuously pushed over a two-month period. Distributed through LINE@, the official LINE account of the nursing platform, participants can easily access information via the chat menu at the bottom of the screen. This setup improves accessibility, making it convenient for participants to locate and use essential health information directly from the chat window.

The control group received one copy of the same health education manual as the experimental group. The sub-Investigator only explained how to use the manual, and afterwards, no face-to-face teaching or m-Health interventions were conducted. After the experiment concluded, the m-Health program used by the experimental group would be provided to the control group.