Supporting Self-Management of Healthy Behaviors in Diabetes, Kidney Disease, and Hypertension
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Conditions studied: Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Hypertension, Diabetes
In brief
The planned intervention, entitled, Supporting Self-Management of Health Behaviors to Optimize Health (SMART-HABITS for Health), aims to provide support for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertension and diabetes by providing text messages delivered as motivational reminders and support to encourage blood pressure self-monitoring through goal setting, customized task prompts via text message and feedback, leveraging social connections, and use of a gamification design.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05565716
- Run by
- University of Pennsylvania
- People needed
- 73
- Starts
- 2023-08-21
- Expected to finish
- 2025-03-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (any stage), hypertension, diabetes
- followed at University of Pennsylvania nephrology practice
- aged 18 years or over. -
- own a smart device (smartphone or tablet) capable of connecting to the internet and has Bluetooth enabled technology
- able to comprehend English.
- a mean blood pressure reading of <180/100 mmHg in person study visit
- able and willing to provide informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- inability to provide consent or read or speak English
- inability to self-monitor (e.g., diagnosis of dementia, cognitive impairment, physically unable to set up BP cuff and machine)
- already participating in another blood pressure study or intervention trial
- vulnerable populations, living in a long-term care or rehabilitation institution,
- if likely to have their care transferred to another facility outside participating clinic areas during the course of the study
- planning to travel or live consecutively out of the country for more than one month
- mean blood pressure reading of >180/100 mmHg at in person study visit
- hypertension not managed by the nephrologist in Penn Medicine
- any other reason they do not expect to be able to complete the study.
Where it is running
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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