Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Age
60–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Community-dwelling patients aged ≥60 years;
2. Prescribed ≥3 drugs;
3. A) Systolic blood pressure ≥130 and ≤160 mmHg for patients prescribed stable antihypertensive therapy (at least 1 drug (ATC code: C02\*, C03\*, C07\*, C08\*, C09\*)); B) Systolic blood pressure ≥140 and ≤160 mmHg for those patients not prescribed any antihypertensive drug;
4. Capable of feeding independently;
5. Own a smartphone;
6. Frequently consuming home-cooked meals (≥4 days during a week and ≥3 during the weekend per month);
7. Giving signed informed consent.
You may not be if
1. Living in a nursing home or having applied for nursing home admission;
2. Being prescribed (adding, switching or changing dosage) an antihypertensive drug in the three months before enrollment;
3. Undergoing renal replacement therapy with dialysis or having renal impairment with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<25 mL/min/1.73 m2 (assessed by CKD-EPI formula) \[30\] within previous six months or at the screening assessment;
4. Following a low-sodium dietary regimen;
5. Being unable or refusing to sign informed consent.
