24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Community Pharmacies

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension
• Interventions: Other: ABPM service by Pharmacists

• Registration Number: NCT03920956
• Lead Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University

Brief Summary

This study is designed to explore the feasibility of providing 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in community pharmacies. The investigators hypothesize it will be feasible for community pharmacies to provide the service to assist medical providers in the diagnosing and management of high blood pressure. The investigators will also survey participants regarding their experience with the service as well as conduct interviews with participating pharmacists and medical providers to understand their views and opinions on the feasibility of the service.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-18
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-19
• Study Start: 2019-07-24
• Primary Completion: 2020-01-24
• Study Completion: 2020-01-24
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 53

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults greater than or equal to 18 years of age suspected by their physician of having "white coat" or "masked" hypertension (HTN), hypotension symptoms due to antihypertensive therapy, uncontrolled sustained HTN, requiring additional confirmation of an initial diagnosis if HTN, or resistant HTN.

Exclusion Criteria

• Documented past medical history of persistent atrial fibrillation, on hemodialysis, pregnancy, or dementia.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental: 24-hour ABPM by Pharmacists	ABPM service by Pharmacists	Patients will meet with the pharmacist to be equipped with a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABPM). Patients will return the monitor for the pharmacists to download the results to send to their medical provider.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient satisfaction with the pharmacy service and experience wearing the ABPM	up to 72 hours	Patient satisfaction will be assessed using a 9 item survey. Participants will rate items on a 5-point scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University; 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States