Understanding Health Care Information for African Americans With High Blood Pressure

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Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

This clinical trial focuses on helping African Americans with high blood pressure to manage their disease. The study will target their ability to read and understand health information (also called health literacy). The research method relies on community participation in equal partnership with the researchers to provide interactive workshops and home blood pressure self-monitoring with the assistance of telephone counseling by community health workers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01389037

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

198

Starts

2011-10-01

Expected to finish

2014-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-12-11

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Self-identified as African American aged 18 years or older;
• Systolic BP >140 and/or Diastolic BP >90 mmHg or SBP >135 and/or DBP >85 mmHg for individuals with diabetes mellitus or chronic kidney disease or on HBP medication; and
• Has a land-based telephone in the home or a cellular phone.

You may not qualify if…

• Participation in another ongoing trial;
• Acute and/or terminal condition precluding participation, such as terminal cancer;
• Hospitalization for stroke, myocardial infarction, coronary artery vascularization in the past 3 months;
• Recipient of an organ transplant or on kidney dialysis; and
• Psychiatric diagnosis precluding participation, such as schizophrenia or cognitive impairment as measured by Mini-Mental State Exam (score < 24)

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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