Background: There is a growing body of literature establishing digital storytelling as an efficacious strategy to improve hypertension outcomes. The purpose of this nurse-led project was to explore the use of digital storytelling to reduce unplanned health care encounters and to determine whether the approach was feasible.
Problem: Half of adults in the United States have hypertension. However, only 1 in 4 has his or her condition under control. In addition, the annual economic burden is more than $51 billion.
Approach: Digital storytelling was employed with residents in northeast Louisiana. Videos of individuals with well-managed hypertension shared success stories with less well-managed individuals over a 16-month long program.
Outcomes: The study found that 55 (93%) of listeners had no unplanned provider visits, 57 (94.9%) had no emergency department room visits, and 57 (94.9%) were not hospitalized over the study period.
Conclusions: Digital storytelling reduced unplanned encounters, and the program was deemed feasible.
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