NCT00495833

Brief Summary

Overview: This study uses communications strategies delivered through the traditional emergency medical response system to increase the proportion of low-income adults who obtain blood pressure screening and follow-up information for hypertension treatment options. The project will test the effectiveness of source personalization and tailored messaging in motivating potentially high-risk people, identified by 911 responders, to come to a local fire station for hypertension screening. Specific Aims: The specific aims are:

  1. 1.Test the effectiveness of three health marketing approaches to motivate high-risk people, identified via 911 responders, to come to a local fire station for hypertension screening. The mailed marketing approaches vary personalized risk information and personalization of source.
  2. 2.Test the effectiveness of two mailing interventions (blood pressure kits with and without promotional gifts) to increase blood pressure monitoring among patients who have come to a fire station for a second blood pressure check.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
8,000

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable hypertension

Timeline
Completed

Started Jun 2007

Typical duration for not_applicable hypertension

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

June 1, 2007

Completed
28 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

June 29, 2007

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 3, 2007

Completed
2.4 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2009

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2009

Completed
Last Updated

June 29, 2010

Status Verified

June 1, 2010

Enrollment Period

2.5 years

First QC Date

June 29, 2007

Last Update Submit

June 25, 2010

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

Hypertension

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • The effectiveness of three health marketing approaches to motivate high-risk people, identified via 911 responders, to come to a local fire station for hypertension screening.

    June 2007-June 2009

  • The effectiveness of two mailing interventions (blood pressure kits with and without promotional gifts) to increase blood pressure monitoring among patients who have come to a fire station for a second blood pressure check.

    June 2007 - June 2009

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Test if non-responders have lower trust in, and/or lower perceived efficacy of, the fire stations as preventive health care providers than participants who go to the fire station for a blood pressure check.

    June 2007 - December 2009

  • Correlate the resulting health behaviors with existing health disparity indicators (including health literacy, socioeconomic status, and rural residence)

    June 2007 - December 2009

  • Cost analysis

    June 2007 - December 2009

Study Arms (7)

1

NO INTERVENTION

2

EXPERIMENTAL

photo and blood pressure personalization

Behavioral: Personalized brochure

3

EXPERIMENTAL

photo personalization only

Behavioral: Personalized brochure

4

EXPERIMENTAL

blood pressure personalization only

Behavioral: Personalized brochure

5

EXPERIMENTAL

no personalization

Behavioral: Personalized brochure

A

EXPERIMENTAL

receives gift card in blood pressure (BP) kit

Behavioral: Promotional gift

B

EXPERIMENTAL

does not receive gift card in BP kit

Behavioral: Promotional gift

Interventions

Personalized brochureBEHAVIORAL

either photo personalization, blood pressure personalization, both, or no personalization

2345
Promotional giftBEHAVIORAL

half of participants who go to a fire station will receive a gift card.

AB

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Seen by EMTs in one of the four participating fire departments (Bellevue, Kent, Renton, Shoreline)
  • Recorded systolic blood pressure \>= 160 and/or diastolic blood pressure \>= 100
  • At least 18 years old

You may not qualify if:

  • Patient transported by paramedics
  • Patient nursing home/adult family home resident
  • Patient a prisoner or in custody (in jail or at the Regional Justice Center in Kent, for example)

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center

Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Meischke H, Ike BR, Fahrenbruch C, Kuniyuki A, Hannon P, Parks MR, Forehand M, Weaver M, Harris JR. Hypertension identification via emergency responders: a randomized controlled intervention study. Prev Med. 2013 Dec;57(6):914-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.010. Epub 2013 Jun 1.

    PMID: 23732250DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular DiseasesCardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

  • Hendrika Meischke, PhD

    University of Washington

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Mickey Eisenberg, MD

    University of Washington

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
SCREENING
Intervention Model
FACTORIAL
Sponsor Type
OTHER

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

June 29, 2007

First Posted

July 3, 2007

Study Start

June 1, 2007

Primary Completion

December 1, 2009

Study Completion

December 1, 2009

Last Updated

June 29, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-06

Locations

US(1)