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ArticleJournal of primary care & community health

Evaluating the Impact of the Medication Therapy Management Program on Patients' Blood Pressure and Obesity: A Pre-Post Study.

Hossein Zare, Augustine C Amuta, Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, Sade Osotimehin, Laurine Thomas, Twarnisha M Stokes, Amber Allen, Jacob Riley, Caitlin L Murphy, Debra M Collier and 5 more

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15 authors.

Hossein ZareJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5832-0854
Augustine C AmutaPrince George's County, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Magaly Rodriguez de BittnerUniversity of Maryland Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sade OsotimehinUniversity of Maryland Baltimore, MD, USA.
Laurine ThomasIndependent Health Services Research and Evaluation Consultant, Washington, DC, USA.
Twarnisha M StokesPrince George's County, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Amber AllenPrince George's County, Silver Spring, MD, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-4239-8344
Jacob RileyPrince George's County, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Caitlin L MurphyPrince George's County, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Debra M CollierPrince George's County, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Roland J ThorpeJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Michelle SpencerJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Lois DankwaJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0259-9550
Ernest L CarterKennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Darrell J GaskinJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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NCCDPHP CDC HHS U01 DP006626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypertension and obesity are major public health problems in the United States and Maryland.

objectivesTo assess the impact of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) on controlling hypertension and obesity in a sample in Southern Maryland: Prince George's, Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties.

methods171 patients with high blood pressure were enrolled in an MTM program for 12 months. Patients received at least one pharmacist consultation between September 2021 and September 2023. We employed a pre-post prospective study design to assess the impact of MTM on patients' blood pressure management. We examined the association between MTM and systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) as the primary outcome, and weight and body mass index (BMI) as secondary outcomes. We used descriptive analysis and fixed effect regression models to present the association between outcome variables and enrollment time in the program.

resultsOur findings showed that the MTM reduced uncontrolled hypertension by 17.5 percentage points, weight by 3.6lbs (10.2), and BMI by 0.6 kg/m

conclusionsOur results suggest that policymakers should prioritize promoting MTM services as an effective means of blood pressure control. Combining a community health worker (CHW) model with community-based pharmacists can further improve health outcomes for patients with hypertension.

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Antihypertensive AgentsHypertensionMedication Therapy ManagementObesityAdultAgedBlood PressureBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansMaleMarylandMiddle AgedProspective StudiesAntihypertensive Agentsbody mass indexcommunity health workercommunity interventionhypertensionmedication therapy managementpharmacists

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PMCPMC12033464

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