Veteran Preference For Group Visits and Its Effect on Hypertension Outcomes

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension, Blood Pressure

In brief

To determine racial/ethnic differences in preference for group visits in veterans with poorly controlled hypertension (State 2 hypertension) and determine the effect of group visits on health outcomes among veterans with poorly controlled hypertension.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00439816

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

160

Starts

2005-02-01

Expected to finish

2007-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Caucasian and African American men and women, age 21 and older with stage 2 hypertension presently seen in the RHJ VAMC Primary Care.

You may not qualify if…

• Primary diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence, current pregnancy, dementia, inability to speak English, or controlled psychiatric diagnoses.

Where it is running

• Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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