Community Study to Reduce High Blood Pressure Through Text Messaging (REACH OUT)

University of Michigan94 enrolled

Overview

One of the most powerful predictors of stroke is hypertension, with estimates of approximately 33% of adults in the United States experiencing this condition. Hypertension is significantly more prevalent in African Americans compared to European Americans. Importantly, hypertension is a modifiable stroke risk factor. This proposal will use a community-based participatory research approach to perform a randomized trial of a mobile phone text-messaging intervention to reduce high blood pressure in an urban African American community in Flint, Michigan.

This is a randomized controlled trial of text messaging and blood pressure self-monitoring to reduce blood pressure.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hypertension Stroke

Interventions

Text MessagingBEHAVIORAL

hypertensive participants will be randomized to receive tailored, motivational text messages

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 110 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (\>18 y/o) participants with BP ≥140/90 who have mobile phones with text-messaging capability. Exclusion Criteria: * Adult who is illiterate, non-English speaking, pregnant, incarcerated/ institutionalized resident, or has a pre-existing condition that makes follow-up for 6 months unlikely.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mean Change in Systolic Blood Pressure

Time frame: Baseline to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Mean Change in Diastolic Blood Pressure

Time frame: Baseline to 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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