NCT00207194

Interactive Multirisk-Factor Intervention for Hypertension (HTN) Blacks

Interactive Multirisk-Factor Intervention for HTN Blacks

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 337 (actual)
• Sponsor: Boston Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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: 1. TLC-HTN-AA use will improve medication regiment adherence 2. TLC-HTN-AA will improve adherence to 3 healthy diet recommendations 3. TLC-HTN-AA will improve levels of regular exercise 4. Patients receiving TLC-HTN-AA will be more likely to become adherent to all 3 target regiments than patients in the control group

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Automated Telephone Program	The intervention incorporated principles of social cognitive theory, the transtheoretical model of behavioral change, and motivational interviewing, and was tailored to the user's values. Content was also adapted to cultural characteristics of culturally African-American adults (i.e., not Caribbean-American, Black-Hispanic, etc.). These participants also received the same health behavior education those in the control condition received.
BEHAVIORAL	Health Behavior Education	Participants received a 75-page resource manual that described hypertension, listed dietary recommendations, heart healthy food recipes, and local resources for exercise, and provided information to support antihypertensive medication adherence. They received a 20-min education session based on the content of this manual, and were given a pedometer and a digital weight scale (Healthometer, model # HDR900KD01).

Timeline

• Start date: 2001-10-01
• Primary completion: 2007-08-01
• Completion: 2007-08-01
• First posted: 2005-09-21
• Last updated: 2016-06-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States