Improving blood pressure control: results of home-based post-acute care interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood pressure (BP) control remains elusive for many Americans. Although home health nurses are uniquely positioned to help vulnerable individuals achieve BP control, hypertension (HTN) management has not been a high priority in post-acute care.

Objective

To examine the effects of two home-based interventions designed to improve BP outcomes among high-risk African-American patients.

Design

Cluster randomized controlled trial.

Participants

A total of 845 newly admitted patients with uncontrolled HTN (JNC7 stages 1 or 2).

Interventions

The "basic" intervention delivered key HTN information to clinicians and patients, and a home BP monitor to patients, while the patients received usual post-acute care. The "augmented" intervention provided more i

SUBMITTER: Pezzin LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3043175 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature