Cluster-randomized trial of a physician/pharmacist collaborative model to improve blood pressure control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to evaluate if a physician/pharmacist collaborative model would be implemented as determined by improved blood pressure (BP) control in primary care medical offices with diverse geographic and patient characteristics and whether long-term BP control could be sustained.

Methods and results

Prospective, cluster-randomized trial of 32 primary care offices stratified and randomized to control, 9-month intervention (brief), and 24-month intervention (sustained). We enrolled 625 subjects with uncontrolled hypertension; 54% from racial/ethnic minority groups and 50% with diabetes mellitus or chronic kidney disease. The primary outcome of BP control at 9 months was 43% in intervention offices (n=401) compared with 34% in the control group (n=

SUBMITTER: Carter BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4618490 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature