Culturally-adapted Mobile Health Intervention for Hypertension Care

N/AEnrolling By InvitationNCT06985199

Tufts University160 enrolled

Overview

A single-arm study to assess the ability of the AHOMKA platform for hypertension management to affect blood pressure change among urban and rural patients in Ghana.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

160

Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

Enhanced Usual Care GroupBEHAVIORAL

A culturally-adapted mobile health platform will be used in the intervention to enable participants to record blood pressure and heart rate readings at home and store data in the mobile platform. Providers will have access to the store data using a provider-facing app.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of hypertension Exclusion Criteria: * Comorbidities

Locations (2)

National Cardiothoracic Center

Accra, Ghana, Ghana

Cardiothoracic Center - Outpatient Department

Ho, Ghana, Ghana

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Blood Pressure levels from Baseline

Changes in blood pressure levels, measured in mmHg, will be assessed at the baseline and 6-month endline visit.

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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