Decision Making, Shared, Hypertension, Medication Adherence, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Conditions
Keywords
Randomized controlled trial, Primary medication adherence, Decision-support tool, Patient-centered outcomes research, Antihypertensive medications, One-on-one patient interviews
Brief summary
Investigators will conduct a randomized trial with patients, through one-on-one interviews, to evaluate their understanding of and willingness to use a decision support tool and to determine if receiving and discussing the decision support tool improves the likelihood that a patient is adherent to a new antihypertensive medication.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALControl
Control group patients will then be mailed an American Heart Association brochure regarding hypertension and a brief, 5-question, paper-based survey.
BEHAVIORALInterview Only
Patients will be asked to participate in an interview regarding their views on hypertension and taking medications to treat hypertension.
BEHAVIORALInterview plus decision support tool
Patients will be asked to participate in an interview regarding their views on hypertension and taking medications to treat hypertension and to provide feedback regarding a new decision support tool for helping patients learn more about their medications.
Sponsors
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
25 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* does not pick up a prescription for a new antihypertensive medication within 14 days as identified by CVS pharmacy, their retail pharmacy provider. * High blood pressure diagnosis
Exclusion criteria
* under age 25.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulative incidence of antihypertensive medication fills | 6 months | The proportion of patients in each group who picked up a prescription for an antihypertensive medication in any class during the follow-up period. Investigators will calculate cumulative incidences among all patients, whether or not they successfully completed the interview or returned the paper-based survey (Intention to Treat) and among only those patients who did complete the interview or returned the paper-based survey (As Treated). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient Interviews | 5 months | One-on-one structured interviews will ask about participants' preferences, attitudes and beliefs regarding primary adherence and/or use of a decision support tool. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed