Psychosocial Determinants of Medication Adherence in Hypertensive African Americans

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

The specific aims for this study are: 1. To examine the relationship between perceived racism and medication adherence among hypertensive African-American patients. 2. To determine if psychological stress and depression mediate the relationship between perceived racism and medication adherence.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00195182

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

262

Starts

2003-09-01

Expected to finish

2008-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-05-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients must be self-identified as African American.
• All patients must be aged 18 years or older.
• All patients must be diagnosed as having hypertension (for this project, hypertension will be defined according to the widely accepted criteria of the 6th Joint National Committee Guidelines on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertension, specifically a systolic blood pressure >140 mm hg or a diastolic blood pressure >90 mm hg) or if patients are taking any prescribed anti-hypertensive medication.
• Patients must be able to provide informed consent in English.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are unable to walk several blocks for any reason.
• Patients who refused to participate.
• Patients who are unable to provide informed consent.

Where it is running

• New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College — New York, New York, United States

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