Postdischarge outcomes
| Postdischarge outcome | Office visit n=103 (%) | Text messaging n=103 (%) | P values | aOR (95% CI) | P values |
| Blood pressure obtained within 10 days* | 45 (43.7) | 95 (92.2) | <0.001 | 58.2 (16.2 to 208.1) | <0.001 |
| Outpatient antihypertensive medication initiated within 2 weeks post partum† | 10/45‡ (22.2) | 17/103 (16.5) | 0.41 | 1.0 (0.3 to 3.1) | 0.95 |
| Additional emergency department or office visit for hypertension not resulting in readmission† | 2 (1.9) | 3 (2.9) | 0.65 | ||
| Postpartum hypertension readmission | 4 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 0.04 | ||
| Attended postpartum visit§ | 60 (58.2) | 71 (68.9) | 0.11 | 2.3 (1.05 to 5.07) | 0.04 |
n (%).
aOR not calculated when outcome was rare.
*Adjusted for age, race, insurance, body mass index (BMI), parity, disease severity, mode of delivery, chronic hypertension/diabetes.
†Adjusted for age, race, insurance, BMI, parity, disease severity, timing of diagnosis, mode of delivery, chronic hypertension/diabetes, furosemide course given.
‡Denominator includes only women who attended office visit.
aOR, adjusted OR.