Using Stories to Address Disparities in Hypertension

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if patients with high blood pressure are better able to control their blood pressure after watching a DVD about blood pressure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01276197

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

618

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-02

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• African-American
• Diagnosis of HTN
• Uncontrolled BP as defined by BP >140/90 twice in the preceding 12 months

You may not qualify if…

• active substance abuse
• severe mental illness
• cognitive disabilities that might prevent them from actively or reliably participating in the interviews

Where it is running

• Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA — Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
• Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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