Blood Pressure Visit Intensification in Treatment (BP-Visit) Findings: a Pragmatic Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shortening time between office visits for patients with uncontrolled hypertension represents a potential strategy for improving blood pressure (BP).

Objective

We evaluated the impact of multimodal strategies on time between visits and on improvement in systolic BP (SBP) among patients with uncontrolled hypertension.

Design

We used a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial with three wedges involving 12 federally qualified health centers with three study periods: pre-intervention, intervention, and post-intervention.

Participants

Adult patients with diagnosed hypertension and two BPs ≥ 140/90 pre-randomization and at least one visit during post-randomization control period (N = 4277).

Intervention

The core intervention included three,

SUBMITTER: Fiscella K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8738829 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature