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Trial reportJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2017

Cultural Dance Program Improves Hypertension Management for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: a Pilot Randomized Trial.

Joseph Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula, Mele Look, Tricia Mabellos, Guangxiang Zhang, Mapuana de Silva, Sheryl Yoshimura, Cappy Solatorio, Thomas Wills, Todd B Seto, Ka'imi A Sinclair

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01995812 (Ola Hou i ka Hula), which is not on this map. Cited by 64 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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64citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01995812 nacompletednot on this map

Ola Hou i ka Hula: A Pilot Study to Investigate Hula and Hypertension Control

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of HawaiiRan2012 to 2013Enrolled59ConditionsHypertensionArmsHula and heart health education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Group-delivered interventions for lowering blood pressure in hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025
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  6. Dance for Chronic Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022
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  12. Understanding one First Nations community's ways of healing from historical trauma.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Joseph Keawe'aimoku KaholokulaDepartment of Native Hawaiian Health, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 677 Ala Moana Blvd, Ste 1016B, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA. kaholoku@hawaii.edu.
Mele LookDepartment of Native Hawaiian Health, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 677 Ala Moana Blvd, Ste 1016B, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA.
Tricia MabellosDepartment of Native Hawaiian Health, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 677 Ala Moana Blvd, Ste 1016B, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA.
Guangxiang ZhangDepartment of Native Hawaiian Health, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 677 Ala Moana Blvd, Ste 1016B, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA.
Mapuana de SilvaHalau Mohala 'Ilima, 1110 A'alapapa Drive, Kailua, HI, 96734, USA.
Sheryl YoshimuraKokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Center, 2239 N. School St., Honolulu, HI, 96819, USA.
Cappy SolatorioKula No Na Po'e Hawai'i, 2150 Tantalus Drive, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA.
Thomas WillsCancer Prevention and Control Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA.
Todd B SetoThe Queen's Medical Center, 1301 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA.
Ka'imi A SinclairDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1100 Olive Way, Ste 1200, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · USHamakua-Kohala Health · USKōkua Kalihi Valley · USQueen's Medical Center · USUniversity of Hawaii System · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

UH Hilo COP A&RP20GM103466 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI Peter R Hoffmann · 2012 to 2026
$60.3M
The Role of gp120 on Cardiovascular Disease in People Living with HIVU54MD007601 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI JoAnn Umilani Tsark · 2017 to 2026
$59.5M
RESEARCH DESIGN AND BIOSTATISTICS COREU54MD007584 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI HEDGES, JERRIS ROBERT, MOKUAU, NOREEN · 2012 to 2018
$21.1M
UNDERSTANDING AND REDUCING ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONSP20MD000173 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI MAU, MARJORIE K. LEIMOMI MALA · 2002 to 2017
$21.0M
RESEARCH DESIGN, BIOSTATISTICS AND RESEARCH ETHICS COREG12MD007601 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI BERRY, MARLA J · 2012 to 2016
$13.0M
The KaHOLO Project: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Native HawaiiansR01HL126577 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI KAHOLOKULA, JOSEPH KEAWE'AIMOKU · 2015 to 2019
$3.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL126577NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103466NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007601NIMHD NIH HHS P20 MD000173NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007584NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveNative Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) bear an unequal burden of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Hula, the traditional dance of Hawaii, has shown to be a culturally meaningful form of moderate-vigorous physical activity for NHPI. A pilot study was done in Honolulu, Hawaii, to test a 12-week hula-based intervention, coupled with self-care education, on blood pressure management in NHPI with hypertension in 2013.

methodNHPI with a systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥140 mmHg were randomized to the intervention (n = 27) or a wait-list control (n = 28). Blood pressure, physical functioning, and eight aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQL) were assessed.

resultsThe intervention resulted in a reduction in SBP compared to control (-18.3 vs. -7.6 mmHg, respectively, p ≤ 0.05) from baseline to 3-month post-intervention. Improvements in HRQL measures of bodily pain and social functioning were significantly associated with SBP improvements in both groups.

conclusionUsing hula as the physical activity component of a hypertension intervention can serve as a culturally congruent strategy to blood pressure management in NHPI with hypertension.

trial registrationclinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01995812.

Indexed as

Cultural CharacteristicsDancingAdultAgedFemaleHawaiiHealth PromotionHealth Status DisparitiesHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderPilot ProjectsProgram EvaluationBlood pressureCommunity-based participatory researchHulaHypertensionNative Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders

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PMID27294768
PMCPMC5283501
OpenAlexW2337378025

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