Text Messaging to Improve Hypertension Medication Adherence in African Americans

NCT ID: NCT01465217

Last Updated: 2014-12-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 58 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-09-30

Brief Summary

Uncontrolled high blood pressure (HBP) is a major public health concern and leading cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide. The HBP crisis is particularly onerous to African Americans as they are disproportionately more susceptible to HBP than non-Hispanic White Americans. Poor adherence to prescribed medication regimens is a major problem, as only about half of patients who have been diagnosed with hypertension adhere to prescribed medications. Mobile phones and text messages are becoming widely integrated into routine daily life and may offer a simple and non-labor intensive strategy for improving the quality of medication management through enhancing medication adherence. This proposed research will be conducted in two distinct phases addressing three specific aims. For Specific Aim 1 (Phase I), the investigators propose to conduct focus groups with participants from the investigators target population in order to obtain feedback to guide the development of a mobile phone text message system that seeks to improve adherence to antihypertensive medications. For Specific Aim 2 (Phase II), the investigators propose to pilot test the newly developed text message intervention with a randomized controlled trial. For Specific Aim 3 (Phase II), the investigators propose to ascertain participant perceptions of intervention effectiveness and satisfaction in order to guide further system refinement. In Phase I, African Americans with uncontrolled hypertension (n=24-32) will be recruited to take part in one of four focus groups that will help guide the development of the text message intervention. In Phase II, African Americans with uncontrolled hypertension will be randomized to receive usual care (n=30) vs. the text message intervention (n=30). The primary outcome in this pilot will be change in medication adherence at one month follow-up; secondary outcomes include change in medication self-efficacy and systolic and diastolic blood pressure at one month follow-up, as well as participant satisfaction with the text message intervention. The proposed research will utilize the Wayne State University (WSU) Center for Urban Studies to conduct high quality and professionally run focus groups, the WSU Division of Computing and Information Technology's Broadcast Message Service infrastructure for the delivery of text messages, the WSU Center for Health Research for statistical analysis and grant management assistance, and a diverse study team from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds at WSU. As a result, the proposed research leverages the considerable local resources to investigate an innovative and much needed intervention for this high-risk population.

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

medication adherence; African Americans

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

text message medication reminders

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

text message medication reminders

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

daily medication reminders for one month

control

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

text message medication reminders

daily medication reminders for one month

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• self-identify as African American/Black
• be >18 years
• have a diagnosis of HBP based on ICD-9 codes
• have uncontrolled hypertension on two successive clinic visits prior to screening (clinic SBP > 140 mm Hg, DBP > 90 mm Hg or SBP > 130, DBP > 80 for those with diabetes or kidney disease) as documented in the medical record
• be taking at least one antihypertensive medication
• own a cell phone capable of receiving and sending text messages
• be able to pay for and obtain hypertension medication
• English speaking
• willing to attend two data collection visits in Detroit, MI

Exclusion Criteria

• receiving hemodialysis
• admits to planning to terminate cell phone contract during the next one month
• compliance risk (i.e., self-reported illicit drug use and/or alcohol abuse as measured by a score of >2 for CAGE questions
• health literacy less than third grade reading level
• other major health problems (e.g., terminal stage of cancer, advanced liver disease)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Wayne State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lorraine Buis

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Lorraine R Buis, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wayne State University

Locations

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Countries

United States

References

Buis L, Hirzel L, Dawood RM, Dawood KL, Nichols LP, Artinian NT, Schwiebert L, Yarandi HN, Roberson DN, Plegue MA, Mango LC, Levy PD. Text Messaging to Improve Hypertension Medication Adherence in African Americans From Primary Care and Emergency Department Settings: Results From Two Randomized Feasibility Studies. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2017 Feb 1;5(2):e9. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.6630.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 28148474 (View on PubMed)

Buis LR, Artinian NT, Schwiebert L, Yarandi H, Levy PD. Text Messaging to Improve Hypertension Medication Adherence in African Americans: BPMED Intervention Development and Study Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2015 Jan 2;4(1):e1. doi: 10.2196/resprot.4040.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 25565680 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

1R21HS019092-01

Identifier Type: AHRQ

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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