Dietary Approaches to Stopping Hypertension (DASH) Mobile App Pilot

NCT02214459 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: H-32775
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The enormous burden of hypertension (HTN) creates a need for effective, scalable, low risk interventions. The DASH program of diet and exercise based lifestyle change is the most well-established, evidence-based behavioral intervention to control HTN. Its recommendations are central to HTN control national guidelines and consumer health products aimed at behavioral management of HTN. However, translating these recommendations into population-wide, inexpensive, sustainable programs have to date proven largely unrealized. The objective of the proposed study is to determine the efficacy of a HTN intervention behavior change platform, 'DASH Mobile', in which patients with HTN receive counseling about the DASH diet, physical activity and HTN related behaviors from health coaches trained in evidenced-based behavioral counseling methods. DASH mobile has two primary components: 1) a smartphone app that captures patients' behavioral data using intuitive self-tracking for DASH diet intake and Bluetooth wireless sensors for blood pressure, weight and physical activity and 2) a web-based coaching portal through which health coaches view and respond to patients' behavioral data and assist them in setting goals for changing behaviors consistent with their HTN behavior change plan. We aim to conduct a pilot trial of 30 HTN patients to determine improvement from baseline to 3-month follow-up in physiological (blood pressure, weight); behavioral (diet \& physical activity); and psychological (e.g., quality of life) measures over a 3-month intervention. Completing this research will result in preliminary feasibility and efficacy data for a larger randomized efficacy trial.

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

mHealth; Hypertension; Mobile; smartphone; diet; lifestyle; bluetooth; physical acitvity; behavior change; motivational interviewing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Blood pressure reduction

  3 Months

Study Arms (1)

mhealth counseling

EXPERIMENTAL

DASH Mobile mhealth enhanced coaching

Behavioral: DASH Mobile mhealth enhanced coaching

Interventions

DASH Mobile mhealth enhanced coaching BEHAVIORAL

Phone calls with a health coach that utilize the tracking data collected by the app and devices.

mhealth counseling

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• hypertension
• prehypertension
• smartphone
• english speaking

You may not qualify if:

• on more than 1 medicine for hypertension
• live outside Boston metro area

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Boston University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Boston University Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 11, 2014
• First Posted: August 12, 2014
• Study Start: July 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2016
• Study Completion: August 1, 2016
• Last Updated: March 22, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-03

Locations

US (1)