Status:
COMPLETED
Interactive Multirisk-Factor Intervention for Hypertension (HTN) Blacks
Lead Sponsor:
Boston Medical Center
Conditions:
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
35+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of Telephone-Linked\_Care for Hypertension Regimen Adherence in an African American population (TLC-HTN-AA). TLC-HTN-AA is a computer-based telecommunic...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- a patient with a primary care provider at one of Boston Medical Center's Adult Primary Care Medical Practices or one of three HealthNet health centers participating in the study
- have a physician diagnosis of hypertension
- be African American by self-report
- be 35 years of age or older
- be prescribed at least one medication for hypertension
- have poorly controlled blood pressure
- be non-adherent to at least one hypertensive medication
- understand spoken English
- have a home telephone
Exclusion
- patients for whom a medication, diet or exercise regiment adherence improvement or maintenance program would be inappropriate
- patients with a terminal illness
- patients with severe medical or psychiatric illness
- patients with cognitive difficulty
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
337 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00207194
Start Date
October 1 2001
End Date
August 1 2007
Last Update
June 16 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Medical Information Systems Unit/Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118