Effect of Values Affirmation on Reducing Racial Differences in Adherence to Hypertension Medication: The HYVALUE Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Stereotype threat, or the fear of confirming a negative stereotype about one's social group, may contribute to racial differences in adherence to medications by decreasing patient activation to manage chronic conditions.

Objective

To examine whether a values affirmation writing exercise improves medication adherence and whether the effect differs by patient race.

Design, setting, and participants

The Hypertension and Values trial, a patient-level, blinded randomized clinical trial, compared an intervention and a control writing exercise delivered immediately prior to a clinic appointment. Of 20 777 eligible, self-identified non-Hispanic Black and White patients with uncontrolled hypertension who were taking blood pressure (BP) medications, 3891 were approac

SUBMITTER: Daugherty SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678693 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature