Community Health Worker Support for Hypertension
Community Health Worker-led Hypertension Management
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Participants needed
- 460 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison · Other
This trial is looking for adults with high blood pressure to see if managing it with the help of community health workers and a mobile app works as well as seeing a doctor. Participants will be involved for about 12 to 24 months.
You may be able to join if
- I am at least 18 years old
- I have been diagnosed with hypertension
- My blood pressure is 140/90 or higher
- I am currently taking blood pressure medication
- I can provide informed consent
You may not be able to join if
- I am pregnant
- I have a severe health condition that limits my life expectancy to less than 1 year
Summarized in plain language from this trial's official eligibility criteria. The full criteria are further down this page — only the research team can confirm whether you qualify.
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Check Your EligibilityThis study is to determine if hypertension management by community health workers (CHW) supported by a mobile health application and remote physician supervision is non-inferior to management by a physician for the primary outcome of improvement in systolic blood pressure. The target population is patients with hypertension in rural Guatemala. Study duration will be 12-24 months.
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