Reach Out: Emergency Department-Initiated Hypertension Behavioral Intervention Connecting Multiple Health Systems

Summary

This study evaluates a health theory based mobile health behavioral intervention to reduce blood pressure (BP) among hypertensive patients evaluated in a community Emergency Department (ED) setting.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Behavior Texts

Participants receive motivational health behavior texts

BEHAVIORAL

No healthy behavior texts

Participants do not receive healthy behavior texts

BEHAVIORAL

BP Monitoring Daily Via Text Messaging

Daily text messages will prompt participants for BP by home cuff

BEHAVIORAL

BP Monitoring Weekly Via Text Messaging

Weekly text messages will prompt participants for BP by home cuff

BEHAVIORAL

Physician appointment and transportation scheduling

Participants receive assistance scheduling physician appointment and transportation to those appointments

BEHAVIORAL

No physician appointment and transportation scheduling

Participants do not receive assistance scheduling physician appointment or transportation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Michigan

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• William Meurer, MD · University of Michigan

• Lesli Skolarus, MD · University of Michigan

• Mackenzie Dinh, MS · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-03-25

Primary Completion

2021-04-08

Completion

2021-04-08

Countries

• United States

Study Locations