NCT00662753

A Study in the Use of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Telephone Follow-up to Control Blood Pressure

A Structured Program for Hypertension Control in Community Clinics: A Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 111 (actual)
• Sponsor: George Washington University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of home blood pressure monitors plus nurse telephone monitoring is more effective than the use of blood pressure monitors alone in improving control of high blood pressure in an urban medical clinic.

Detailed description

Participants will all have home blood pressure monitors, education session on controlling their blood pressure and will be randomized to recieve 6 months of intensive telephonic on a set monitoring schedule or no telephonic follow up. Phone calls will be weekly for 4 weeks, then every 2 weeks for 8 weeks then monthly for 3 months.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Home monitoring	Participants will receive a home blood pressure monitor and be taught how to use it. They will have an education session to review treatment goals, medications, diet and exercise. They will be asked to see their primary care provider at least every 3 months and the research nurse at 3, 6 and 12 months.
OTHER	monitor & phone call	Participants will receive all of the same interventions of the home monitoring group plus they will receive scheduled telephone follow up by the research nurse

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2008-04-21
• Last updated: 2016-02-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States