Controlling Hypertension Outcomes by Improved Communication & Engagement

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Conditions studied: Hypertension, Stroke

In brief

This randomized control study tested the feasibility of two communication enhancement interventions: one with veterans who had a stroke and demonstrated poorly controlled hypertension; the other with VA primary care providers who provided routine outpatient medical care to these veterans. This study intervened with both members of the provider-patient dyad in an attempt to improve the self-management of hypertension by improving communication during visits to the VA outpatient clinic, specifically by enabling veterans to communicate their questions and concerns about chronic disease self-management to their providers more effectively, and to help providers improve their ability to communicate more effectively with this population of veterans.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01134887

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

26

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2017-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Veteran:
• Veteran is a patient of the enrolled provider
• History of prior stroke
• Poorly controlled hypertension with at least one measurement >140/90 mm Hg in the past 12 months
• Complete a 6-item screen for cognitive and language impairment with a score of 3 or higher
• Sign the VA Media consent for use of picture and/or voice
• Provider:
• Primary care provider, Medicine Service
• Sign VA media consent for use of picture and/or voice

You may not qualify if…

• Life expectancy is less than 6 months
• Non-English language patients
• Inability to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Richard Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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