DASH Diet Intervention at Senior Centers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

The Carter Burden Network (CBN) is an New York City senior services agency, providing vital meal programs for low-income, minority seniors, age 60 and over. In 2016, CBN formed a community-academic partnership with The Rockefeller University (RU) and Clinical Directors Network (CDN) to conduct a Healthy Aging pilot study and found that 84% of participants had high blood pressure, with up to 27% "uncontrolled" using age-adjusted criteria. High blood pressure is a modifiable risk for cardiovascular disease, and has been readily improved in controlled trials by replacement of a typical Western diet with the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. The DASH diet has been proven to meaningfully reduce blood pressure in as little as 14 days. However, the DASH diet has not been tested in seniors, in the setting of senior centers. Many seniors attending CBN centers receive close to 40% of their daily nutrition through congregate meals served there. This study tests the effectiveness of implementing the DASH-diet through modification of congregate meals at CBN senior centers to align with DASH, while providing educational and behavioral support, including home self-monitoring of blood pressure, to improve self-efficacy related to blood pressure management. The primary outcome is the change in systolic blood pressure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03993808

Run by

Rockefeller University

People needed

94

Starts

2019-06-27

Expected to finish

2020-10-14

Last updated by the study team

2020-12-09

Who can join

Age: 60 and older, up to 105. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• A client of the Carter Burden Leonard Covello Senior Center, or the 74th Street Luncheon Club, consuming one or more meals at the center, 4 or more days a week, for at least 3 months, by self report.
• Fluent in English or Spanish
• Currently planning to continue to receive meals at the CBN site (Leonard Covello or Luncheon Club) for the next 6 months

You may not qualify if…

• A diagnosis of dementia, early dementia or other cognitive impairment reported by the study participant, the participant's caregiver, CBN staff, or the study team.
• Any condition, that in the opinion of the person obtaining consent, would interfere with the individual's ability to complete the assessments.
• Individuals who rely on a Legal Authorized Representative (LAR)
• Anticipated absence of more than a week, between enrollment and the 1 Month time point

Where it is running

• Carter Burden Network Leonard Covello Center — New York, New York, United States

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