Randomized Trial of an Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We conducted the first-of-its kind randomized stroke trial in Africa to test whether a THRIVES (Tailored Hospital-based Risk reduction to Impede Vascular Events after Stroke) intervention improved blood pressure (BP) control among patients with stroke.

Methods and results

Intervention comprised a patient global risk factor control report card, personalized phone text-messaging, and educational video. Four hundred patients recruited from 4 distinct medical facilities in Nigeria, aged ≥18 years with stroke-onset within one-year, were randomized to THRIVES intervention and control group. The control group also received text messages, and both groups received modest financial incentives. The primary outcome was mean change in systolic BP (SBP) at 12 months. There were

SUBMITTER: Owolabi MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7139215 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature