Improving Blood Pressure Control in End-Stage Renal Disease Through a Supportive-Educative Nursing Intervention

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension, Hemodialysis

In brief

The major purpose of this quantitative study is to determine if a 3 month supportive educative nursing intervention incorporating Blood Pressure (BP) education and BP, salt and fluid monitoring, in addition to goal setting and reinforcement will improve BP control in a chronic end-stage renal disease population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01052220

Run by

Wayne State University

People needed

118

Starts

2009-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-06

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• > 18 years
• average 4 week pre HD systolic BP > 150 mmHg or diastolic BP > 90 mmHg
• read and speak English.

You may not qualify if…

• on HD < 6 months
• history of illicit drug use
• current major depression
• lack of orientation to person, time or place or score or < 80 on the Modified Mini Mental Status Screen
• major health problems ie. terminal cancer or HIV
• missed > 2 HD treatments over 4 weeks.

Where it is running

• Davita Detroit Kresge Hemodialysis Unit — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• William Beaumont Hemodialysis Units — Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

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