Interactive Multirisk-Factor Intervention for HTN Blacks
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 337
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- 1-proportion of study subjects who achieve adequate adherence (greater than or equal to 80% of doses taken) at the end of the intervention period
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of Telephone-Linked_Care for Hypertension Regimen Adherence in an African American population (TLC-HTN-AA). TLC-HTN-AA is a computer-based telecommunication system that will monitor, educate and counsel African American adults with hypertension on adherence to medication, diet, and exercise. The primary hypotheses are:
- TLC-HTN-AA use will improve medication regiment adherence
- TLC-HTN-AA will improve adherence to 3 healthy diet recommendations
- TLC-HTN-AA will improve levels of regular exercise
- Patients receiving TLC-HTN-AA will be more likely to become adherent to all 3 target regiments than patients in the control group
Investigators
Julien Dedier
BUMC Faculty
Boston Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •a patient with a primary care provider at one of Boston Medical Center's Adult Primary Care Medical Practices or one of three HealthNet health centers participating in the study
- •have a physician diagnosis of hypertension
- •be African American by self-report
- •be 35 years of age or older
- •be prescribed at least one medication for hypertension
- •have poorly controlled blood pressure
- •be non-adherent to at least one hypertensive medication
- •understand spoken English
- •have a home telephone
Exclusion Criteria
- •patients for whom a medication, diet or exercise regiment adherence improvement or maintenance program would be inappropriate
- •patients with a terminal illness
- •patients with severe medical or psychiatric illness
- •patients with cognitive difficulty
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
1-proportion of study subjects who achieve adequate adherence (greater than or equal to 80% of doses taken) at the end of the intervention period
Time Frame: 8 months
Outcomes were assessed at baseline, 4 months, 8 months (the end of the study intervention) and 12 months.
2-consumption of more than 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, less than 30% of calories from fat, and less than 2400 mg of sodium a day at the end of the intervention period
Time Frame: 8 months
Outcomes were assessed at baseline, 4 months, 8 months (the end of the study intervention) and 12 months.
3-adherence to CDC-ACSM recommendations for moderate intensity physical activity at the end of the intervention period
Time Frame: 8 months
Outcomes were assessed at baseline, 4 months, 8 months (the end of the study intervention) and 12 months.
Secondary Outcomes
- 1-TLC-HTN-AA use will reduce the mean blood pressure and the proportion of the treatment group having uncontrolled hypertension at the end of the intervention period(8 months)