e-Care for Heart Wellness

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: CVD

In brief

The e-Care for Heart Wellness study will look at ways to reduce a person's chances of getting heart disease. We are asking about 100 Group Health members whose electronic medical record shows they have uncontrolled high blood pressure to be in the study. Having high blood pressure increases your future risk of heart attacks and strokes. There are many things you can do to help keep your heart healthy. Examples include lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, eating healthier, and being more active. Our goal is to test whether getting care and supportive emails from a dietician helps people do things like this to lower their chances of having a heart attack or a stroke. For some people, this study will involve both research and clinical care. About half the people in the study will receive care related to heart disease prevention from a dietician. It's a standard clinical practice for dieticians to help people reduce their risk of heart attacks and strokes. What's different about this study is using emails from a dietician to help people take steps to improve their heart health.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01077388

Run by

Kaiser Permanente

People needed

100

Starts

2010-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-13

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 69. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All adults age 30-<70 men and women who have received care at GH primary care medical centers in Western Washington and who have been continuously enrolled in GH for at least 2 years.
• BMI 26 or higher,
• Uncontrolled HTN (based on the 2 most recent visits), and moderate risk for CVD.

You may not qualify if…

• A history of any type of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Including TIA, stroke, coronary heart disease (CHD), angina, congestive heart failure (CHF), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), ar, CHF, PAD), arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, and valvular disease.
• Pre existing diagnosis of diabetes
• Diagnosis of a serious life threatening or limiting condition
• Pre existing diagnosis of alcohol or chemical dependency
• Pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant in the next 6 months. Women randomized to the intervention group who become pregnant during the study will be given the option of continuing the intervention in conjunction with usual pre-natal care provided by GH, but will not be included in the final analysis for the study. Women randomized to the self care group who become pregnant during the study will be given the home monitoring equipment usually given to the control group at the end of the study. They will then be referred for usual care and will also not be included in the final analysis for the study.
• Unable or unwilling to participate

Where it is running

• Group Health Cooperative — Seattle, Washington, United States

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