Follow-up survey results*
| Survey question | Office visit (n=62) | Text messaging (n=77) | P values | aOR† (95% CI) | P values |
| Importance of blood pressure follow-up for long-term health | 5 (5–5) | 5 (5–5) | 0.61 | 1.4 (0.4 to 4.9) | 0.59 |
| Importance of face-to-face communication | 5 (5–5) | 5 (3–5) | 0.003 | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.8) | 0.02 |
| Questions can be answered: | |||||
| In the office | 5 (4–5) | 5 (4–5) | 0.83 | 1.4 (0.6 to 3.2) | 0.42 |
| Over the phone | 5 (4–5) | 5 (4–5) | 0.65 | 1.1 (0. to 2.6) | 0.82 |
| Via text message | 4 (3–5) | 5 (3–5) | 0.95 | 0.9 (0.4 to 1.9) | 0.84 |
Median (IQR).
*Scoring based on 5-level Likert scale: 1—strongly disagree; 2—somewhat disagree; 3—neutral; 4—somewhat agree; 5—strongly agree.
†Adjusted for age, race, insurance, body mass index (BMI), parity, disease severity, mode of delivery, chronic hypertension/diabetes.
aOR, adjusted OR.