The Effectiveness of a Preoperative Blood Pressure Screening Program to Identify Undiagnosed Hypertension in Ambulatory Surgery Patients
- Conditions
- HypertensionPerioperative Hypertension
- Interventions
- Other: Anesthesiologist phone call
- Registration Number
- NCT03678207
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- Brief Summary
Elevated blood pressure is the largest contributing risk factor to all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, hypertension affects nearly 30% of the adult population. Many patients remain undiagnosed, despite the consensus that screening and timely diagnosis is paramount. In this study, 108 ambulatory surgery patients with elevated blood pressure (160/90) that are not yet formally diagnosed with hypertension will be enrolled and alerted of their high blood pressure by a co-investigator MD. They will request permission to follow-up with the patient and the patient's primary care provider 6 months after the initial phone call to check in on the status of their diagnosis and any action taken (lifestyle changes, medication) to alleviate their high blood pressure. Patients will receive a follow-up letter/email at 6 and 3 months to remind them of their potential diagnosis.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Patients undergoing elective ambulatory surgery
- Patients with a pre-operative elevated BP defined as greater than 160/90
- Patients above the age of 18
- English speaking
- Patients with a pre-existing diagnosis of HTN
- Patients who are taking a hypertensive medication
- Patients who had a pre-operative surgical screening assessment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Potential Undiagnosed HTN Anesthesiologist phone call -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Diagnosis of hypertension 6 months after surgery 6 months postoperative The number of patients with previously undiagnosed hypertension that have obtained a formal diagnosis of hypertension
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hypertension treatment 6 months after surgery 6 months postoperative Number of patients that followed-up for their hypertension that received some sort of treatment, either medication or lifestyle
PCP follow up 6 months after surgery 6 months postoperative Number of patients that followed-up with a primary care physician for further hypertension testing within 6 months of surgery
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hospital for Special Surgery
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States