The Association Between the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Medication Adherence in Hypertensive African-Americans

Completed

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

The objective of this study is to better understand strategies used by African Americans with hypertension in order to control their blood pressure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00227201

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

60

Starts

2003-06-01

Expected to finish

2005-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-04-25

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients will be African-American adults 18 years or older who were diagnosed with poorly controlled hypertension as defined by the 6th Joint National Committee guidelines (systolic >140 and diastolic >90).
• Patients will also be eligible if they are taking any prescribed anti-hypertensive medications.
• Patients must be able to provide informed consent in English. Participants will be recruited from Cornell Internal Medicine Associates, the primary care and general medicine practice at Cornell Medical Center, the same site as the parent grant.

You may not qualify if…

• 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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