Trial reportEthnicity & disease2016
A Brief, Multifaceted, Generic Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control and Reduce Disparities Had Little Effect.
Trial report in Ethnicity & disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Electronic Health Record Nudges and Health Care Quality and Outcomes in Primary Care: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
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- The impact of training healthcare professionals' communication skills on the clinical care of diabetes and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC family practice · 2021Pooled it
- Text Messaging and Video Stories to Support Hypertension Self-Management in Black Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Patient-Clinician Communication in the Appalachian Region: A Scoping Review.Journal of Appalachian health · 2025Article
- Evaluating equity in a national virtual care management intervention: Delivery and outcomes by race/ethnicity among Veterans with hypertension and diabetes.Health services research · 2024Article
- Do clinical decision support tools improve quality of care outcomes in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2024Article
- Uses of Social Determinants of Health Data to Address Cardiovascular Disease and Health Equity: A Scoping Review.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Intensifying approaches to address clinical inertia among cardiovascular disease risk factors: A narrative review.Patient education and counseling · 2022Review
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- Is insurance instability associated with hypertension outcomes and does this vary by race/ethnicity?BMC health services research · 2020Observational
- Provider- and Patient-Related Barriers to and Facilitators of Digital Health Technology Adoption for Hypertension Management: Scoping Review.JMIR cardio · 2019Article
- A community-wide quality improvement initiative to improve hypertension control and reduce disparities.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2019Article
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8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPoor blood pressure (BP) control and racial disparities therein may be a function of clinical inertia and ineffective communication about BP care.
methodsWe compared two different interventions (electronic medical record reminder for BP care (Reminder only, [RO]), and clinician training on BP care-related communication skills plus the reminder (Reminder + Training, [R+T]) with usual care in three primary care clinics, examining BP outcomes among 8,866 patients, and provider-patient communication and medication adherence among a subsample of 793.
resultsClinician counseling improved most at R+T. BP improved overall; R+T had a small but significantly greater reduction in diastolic BP (DBP; -1.7 mm Hg). White patients at RO experienced greater overall improvements in BP control. Site and race disparities trends suggested that disparities decreased at R+T, either stayed the same or decreased at Control; and stayed the same or increased at RO.
conclusionsMore substantial or racial/ethnically tailored interventions are needed.
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