Storytelling Intervention for African Americans Living With Hypertension

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Hypertension
• Interventions: Behavioral: HBPStories

• Registration Number: NCT05594264
• Lead Sponsor: University of Delaware

Brief Summary

Narrative communication (e.g., storytelling) is an approach that has contributed to behavioral change for individuals with conditions such as diabetes, breast cancer, and hypertension. The objective of this study is to conduct a feasibility and pilot study storytelling intervention for African Americans with hypertension. In the feasibility phase 30 African Americans with hypertension will be recruited to view nine patient stories and provide feedback on the effectiveness, usefulness, and satisfaction with the stories. Nine African Americans adults with hypertension were filmed, sharing experiences living with and managing hypertension; including, diet and exercise tips, suggestions for locating healthy foods, and motivational stories about successfully controlling hypertension. During the feasibility phase feedback will also be elicited from the participants about the best approaches for delivering a storytelling intervention, and obtain feedback on the resources and health information that would be helpful to an individual participating in a storytelling intervention. In the pilot study phase, 30 African Americans adults with hypertension will be recruited to participate in a 6-week trial, each week the participants will watch one story and review one module of health information accessible through the study specific website developed for the HBPStories study. Data will be collected at baseline and 6-weeks including systolic and diastolic blood pressure, medication adherence, health behaviors such as diet and physical activity, and psychosocial measures including positive affect and self-efficacy in the management of hypertension.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-07-14
• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-24
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-26
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-24
• Study Completion: 2023-06-24
• Results First Submitted: 2024-04-29
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-08-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-16
• Results First Posted: 2024-09-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

The study inclusion criteria are as follows:

• self-reported hypertension
• race/ethnicity: Black or African American
• prescribed antihypertensive medication
• age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

The exclusion criteria are:

• cognitive limitations that limit the ability to provide informed consent
• unable to speak or read English

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pilot Study	HBPStories	The objective of the second phase of the study was to conduct a 6-week pilot study of the web-based storytelling approach

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood Pressure	6 weeks	Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure, Unit of Measure: Percentage of Individuals with Elevated or High Blood Pressure
Medication Adherence	6 weeks	Self-reported medication adherence, Unit of Measure: Percentage of Individuals reporting low, moderate, or high adherence

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Delaware; 🇺🇸 Newark, Delaware, United States