Cut Your Pressure Too: The Los Angeles Barbershop Blood Pressure Study

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Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

African-American men suffer more than most other groups from hypertension (HTN) but often have less access and less contact with doctors. Previous work by the study's Principal Investigator in Dallas, Texas, and Altadena, California, showed that barbershops are an excellent place to identify black men with high blood pressure and to enlist the aid of their barbers as healthcare extenders. The purpose of this study in Metro Los Angeles (LA) is to compare two types of barber-based patient-centered blood pressure programs to see which type is more effective in improving the customers' high blood pressure. One type emphasizes blood pressure medication and the other type emphasizes lifestyle modification for high blood pressure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02321618

Run by

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

People needed

320

Starts

2015-02-17

Expected to finish

2018-01-09

Last updated by the study team

2018-07-10

Who can join

Age: 35 and older, up to 79. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 35 to 79 years of age
• Non-Hispanic Black men
• Long-term/frequent barbershop patronage (barbershop patrons having at least one haircut every 6 weeks in the same barbershop for the past 6 months).
• Systolic BP >140 at 2 screenings on 2 separate days
• Complete set of Baseline Data

You may not qualify if…

• Women
• Children
• <35 years of age
• Non-black
• Hispanic ethnicity
• New/infrequent patronage (<8 haircuts at same barbershop in last 12 months)
• Systolic BP <140 at either screening
• Currently receiving cancer chemotherapy
• On Dialysis
• Incomplete baseline data
• Serious Plan to Move in the next 1.5 years
• Plans to be out of the area for > 1 month in the next 1.5 years

Where it is running

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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