Community Health Workers Using Patient Stories to Support Hypertension Management

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Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

Community Health Workers (CHWs) using patient stories to support hypertension management is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the implementation of a CHW-delivered culturally appropriate storytelling intervention for english and spanish-speaking patients diagnosed with hypertension who receive care at community health center settings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02874547

Run by

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

People needed

171

Starts

2014-04-14

Expected to finish

2016-12-29

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-25

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English and Spanish speaking patients
• Male or female between the ages of 30 and 80
• Diagnosis of HTN and uncontrolled HTN, defined as (a) having an average systolic BP greater than or equal to 140 and /or diastolic BP greater than or equal to 90 over the past 12 months or (b) most recent BP reading within the previous 6 months as systolic BP greater than or equal to 140 and /or diastolic BP greater than or equal to 90.
• Willingness to be randomized to either intervention or delayed intervention

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant women
• Patients planning to leave the Community Health Center in the next year
• Adults unable to consent

Where it is running

• Lowell Community Health Center — Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
• Family Health Center of Worcester — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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