Blood Pressure First Medication Therapy Management

American Pharmacists Association Foundation27 enrolled

Overview

The primary objective of this project is to improve the health status of participants through pharmacist-delivered blood pressure control programs that demonstrate value to employers and justify adoption, sustainability and scalability of these programs.

Univariate comparisons of the baseline/pre-intervention outcomes to the post-intervention outcomes will be performed on outcomes in order to determine how the intervention affects each. For continuous outcomes data the univariate comparisons of the pre-treatment and post-intervention outcomes will be performed using related samples t-test comparisons. For categorical outcomes data, comparisons of pre-intervention to post-intervention time frames will be performed using McNemar tests.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Hypertension Blood Pressure Cardiovascular Diseases

Interventions

Health Management; Blood PressureBEHAVIORAL

Pharmacists will work with the patient/study subject, referred to as the participant hereafter, and the participant's other health care providers to manage their blood pressure, making recommendations for medication and lifestyle adjustments as needed.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All health plan beneficiaries 18 years-of-age and older * Have filled at least one blood pressure medication in the last three months, * Have a known hypertension diagnosis or have an uncontrolled blood pressure Exclusion Criteria: * Not an adult * Not a health plan beneficiary of the self-insured employer * Not ambulatory and able to work or participate in care visits

Locations (1)

Woodstock Pharmaceutical & Compounding Center Inc.

Woodstock, Georgia, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Blood Pressure Control

Management of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Measures

Time frame: 6-months

Blood Pressure Change

Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Measure Changes

Time frame: 6-months

Secondary Outcomes

Blood Pressure Medication Adherence

Medication Adherence for Blood Pressure Medications as Measured by Proportion of Days Covered (PDC)

Time frame: 6-months

Health Care Utilization of Primary Care Services

Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Intervention Frequency of Primary Health Care Visits

Time frame: 6-months

Health Care Utilization of Emergency Department Services

Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Intervention Frequency Emergency Department Visits

Time frame: 6-months

Health Care Utilization of Hospital Services

Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Intervention Frequency of Hospital Visits

Time frame: 6-months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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