Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài:The counseling african americans to control hypertension (caatch) trial: baseline demographic, clinical, psychosocial, and behavioral characteristics | Fernandez et al. Implementation Science 2011 6 100 http content 6 1 100 Implementation Science IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE RESEARCH Open Access The counseling african americans to control hypertension caatch trial baseline demographic clinical psychosocial and behavioral characteristics 1 2 2 2 Senaida Fernandez Jonathan N Tobin Andrea Cassells Marleny Diaz-Gloster Chamanara Kalida and Gbenga Ogedegbe1 Abstract Background Effectiveness of combined physician and patient-level interventions for blood pressure BP control in low-income hypertensive African Americans with multiple co-morbid conditions remains largely untested in community-based primary care practices. Demographic clinical psychosocial and behavioral characteristics of participants in the Counseling African American to Control Hypertension CAATCH Trial are described. CAATCH evaluates the effectiveness of a multi-level multi-component evidence-based intervention compared with usual care UC in improving BP control among poorly controlled hypertensive African Americans who receive primary care in Community Health Centers CHCs . Methods Participants included 1 039 hypertensive African Americans receiving care in 30 CHCs in the New York Metropolitan area. Baseline data on participant demographic clinical . BP anti-hypertensive medications psychosocial . depression medication adherence self-efficacy and behavioral . exercise diet characteristics were gathered through direct observation chart review and interview. Results The sample was primarily female middle-aged mean age years high school educated low-income reporting less than 20 000 year income and received Medicaid or Medicare . Mean systolic and diastolic BP were mm Hg and mm Hg respectively. Participants were prescribed an average of antihypertensive medications were on a diuretic were on a beta blocker were on calcium channel blockers .
