Bribing folks with tickets to a cash lottery got them to take their blood pressure medicines more reliably, but did nothing to improve their health, a new study says.
Study participants were twice as likely to take their blood pressure medication when they could win a daily cash reward through a lottery, researchers reported Sunday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
However, they didn't achieve better blood pressure measurements compared to folks not offered these cash rewards, researchers found.
What's more, they quit taking their blood pressure medication as prescribed when the rewards program ended after six months, results showed.
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