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Table 1 Data collection throughout the trial

From: Telemonitoring and/or self-monitoring of blood pressure in hypertension (TASMINH4): protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Baseline only:

1. Demographic questions: including age, race, marital status, occupation, and education

2. Duration of hypertension [from notes]

3. Past medical history [from notes and corroborated by patients]

4. Contraindications to anti-hypertensives

5. Short orientation memory test [22]

6. Height

Baseline and follow-up:

1. New medical history (in last 6/12 months)

2. Blood pressure (sitting plus standing)

3. Current anti-hypertensive medications including complementary herbal or dietary supplements for BP lowering

4. Weight and waist circumference

5. Symptoms part plus short form of Illness Perception Questionnaire [23]

6. Short-form of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [24]

7. EQ-5D 5L [25]

8. BP measurement preference [26] [Baseline and 12 m follow up only]

9. Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) Questionnaire [27] [Baseline and 12 m follow up only]

10. Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire [28] [Baseline and 12 m follow up only]

11. Stanford Expectations of Treatment Scale (SETS) Items 1–6 [29] [Baseline and 12 m follow up only]

12. Lifestyle questions: alcohol (Audit-C [30]), diet (Short Food Frequency Questionnaire [31]), exercise (Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire [32]), smoking (Smoking tool kit [33]) [Baseline and 12 m follow up only]