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intervention group. The home visit in this study was
limited to blood pressure monitoring only. A home
visit may provide more benets when it includes
education of hypertension.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Authors would like to thank the Research and
Community Service Institute of Jenderal Soedirman
University for the research grant and dr. Mulyono
for his help as a referral physician in this research.
Authors would also like to thank Eling Bunga Nurani
and Rahma Ayu Esalia for their willingness to assist
the patients during the research.
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