Community Hypertension Assessment Trial (CHAT)

NCT00217334 | Completed

• 3 other identifiers: 0517-149-02CIHR MOP 57902McMaster CSD 2001HO4527
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 28
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Community Hypertension Assessment Trial (CHAT) is an investigation of the effect of community pharmacy based blood pressure (BP) monitoring sessions led by peer health educators, with feedback to family physicians, on the monitoring and management of blood pressure among older adults.

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

Hypertension; Cardiovascular diseases; Randomized controlled trial; Cluster randomization; Primary care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Difference in the change from baseline to 12 months exit

• Assessment in the mean percent of patients with adequate

• Assessment / blood pressure (BP) control in intervention compared to control practices

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Percent of patients with mean BP 140-159 / 90-99

• Percent of patients with mean BP 160-179 / 100-110

• Percent of patients with mean BP >180 / >110

Interventions

Volunteer-led pharmacy sessions with feedback to physicians BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Non-academic (none of its members are full-time faculty members)
• Full-time
• Regular family practice in terms of size and case-mix
• Able to provide an electronic roster that includes a mailing address of their patients 65 years and older

You may not qualify if:

• work in walk-in clinics or emergency departments
• about to retire
• work part-time
• fewer than 50 patients 65 years or older
• specialized practice profile
• Patients
• Community-dwelling
• years or older
• Visited the practice at least once in the last year
• Considered regular patients by the physician
• Terminally ill
• Scheduled to have surgery during the program period
• Not mobile to visit the pharmacy
• Non-English-speaking and unable to attend with an English-speaking companion
• Significant cognitive impairment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation: lead
• University of Ottawa: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Karwalajtys T, Kaczorowski J, Chambers LW, Levitt C, Dolovich L, McDonough B, Patterson C, Williams JE. A randomized trial of mail vs. telephone invitation to a community-based cardiovascular health awareness program for older family practice patients [ISRCTN61739603]. BMC Fam Pract. 2005 Aug 19;6:35. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-35.

  PMID: 16111487 BACKGROUND

• Chambers LW, Kaczorowski J, Levitt C, Karwalajtys T, McDonough B, Lewis J. Blood pressure self-monitoring in pharmacies. Building on existing resources. Can Fam Physician. 2002 Oct;48:1594-5, 1602-4. No abstract available.

  PMID: 12449541 BACKGROUND

• Chambers LW, Kaczorowski J, Dolovich L, Karwalajtys T, Hall HL, McDonough B, Hogg W, Farrell B, Hendriks A, Levitt C. A community-based program for cardiovascular health awareness. Can J Public Health. 2005 Jul-Aug;96(4):294-8. doi: 10.1007/BF03405169.

  PMID: 16625801 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension; Cardiovascular Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Janusz A Kaczorowski, PhD

  McMaster University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Larry W Chambers, PhD

  Bruyère Health Research Institute.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 19, 2005
• First Posted: September 22, 2005
• Study Start: November 1, 2002
• Study Completion: January 1, 2005
• Last Updated: September 22, 2005

Record last verified: 2005-09

Locations

CA (1)