TY - JOUR
T1 - Blood Pressure Visit Intensification Study in Treatment
T2 - Trial design
AU - Fiscella, Kevin
AU - Ogedegbe, Gbenga
AU - He, Hua
AU - Carroll, Jennifer
AU - Cassells, Andrea
AU - Sanders, Mechelle
AU - Khalida, Chamanara
AU - D'Orazio, Brianna
AU - Tobin, Jonathan N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by a research dissemination and implementation grant ( 1R18HL117801 ) from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. We appreciate the helpful guidance of our NHLBI Program Officer, Dr Paula Einhorn. We also wish to acknowledge the efforts of Paul Winters, MS; Subrina Farah, MS, for statistical advice, and Wilson Pace, MD; Elias Brandt; and Stephen Williams, MD, MS, for BP management training. Some study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at the University of Rochester with Clinical and Translational Science Institute grant support ( UL1RR024160 ) from the National Institutes of Health . REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, Web-based application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing (1) an intuitive interface for validated data entry, (2) audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures, (3) automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages, and (4) procedures for importing data from external sources.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Background There is a presumption that, for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure (BP), early follow-up, that is, within 4 weeks of an elevated reading, improves BP control. However, data are lacking regarding effective interventions for increasing clinician frequency of follow-up visits and whether such interventions improve BP control. Methods/design Blood Pressure Visit Intensification Study in Treatment involves a multimodal approach to improving intensity of follow-up in 12 community health centers using a stepped wedge study design. Discussion The study will inform effective interventions for increasing frequency of follow-up visits among patients with uncontrolled BP and determine whether increasing follow-up frequency is associated with better BP control.
AB - Background There is a presumption that, for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure (BP), early follow-up, that is, within 4 weeks of an elevated reading, improves BP control. However, data are lacking regarding effective interventions for increasing clinician frequency of follow-up visits and whether such interventions improve BP control. Methods/design Blood Pressure Visit Intensification Study in Treatment involves a multimodal approach to improving intensity of follow-up in 12 community health centers using a stepped wedge study design. Discussion The study will inform effective interventions for increasing frequency of follow-up visits among patients with uncontrolled BP and determine whether increasing follow-up frequency is associated with better BP control.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.08.022
DO - 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.08.022
M3 - Article
C2 - 26678642
AN - SCOPUS:84949521509
SN - 0002-8703
VL - 170
SP - 1202
EP - 1210
JO - American Heart Journal
JF - American Heart Journal
IS - 6
ER -