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Optimizing linkage and retention to hypertension care in rural Kenya (LARK hypertension study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

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2014-04-27
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Vedanthan, Rajesh
Kamano, Jemima H
Naanyu, Violet
Delong, Allison K
Were, Martin C
Finkelstein, Eric A
Menya, Diana
Akwanalo, Constantine O
Bloomfield, Gerald S
Binanay, Cynthia A
Velazquez, Eric J
Hogan, Joseph W
Horowitz, Carol R
Inui, Thomas S
Kimaiyo, Sylvester
Fuster, Valentin
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BACKGROUND: Hypertension is the leading global risk factor for mortality. Hypertension treatment and control rates are low worldwide, and delays in seeking care are associated with increased mortality. Thus, a critical component of hypertension management is to optimize linkage and retention to care. METHODS/DESIGN: This study investigates whether community health workers, equipped with a tailored behavioral communication strategy and smartphone technology, can increase linkage and retention of hypertensive individuals to a hypertension care program and significantly reduce blood pressure among them. The study will be conducted in the Kosirai and Turbo Divisions of western Kenya. An initial phase of qualitative inquiry will assess facilitators and barriers of linkage and retention to care using a modified Health Belief Model as a conceptual framework. Subsequently, we will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial with three arms: 1) usual care (community health workers with the standard level of hypertension care training); 2) community health workers with an additional tailored behavioral communication strategy; and 3) community health workers with a tailored behavioral communication strategy who are also equipped with smartphone technology. The co-primary outcome measures are: 1) linkage to hypertension care, and 2) one-year change in systolic blood pressure among hypertensive individuals. Cost-effectiveness analysis will be conducted in terms of costs per unit decrease in blood pressure and costs per disability-adjusted life year gained. DISCUSSION: This study will provide evidence regarding the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of strategies to optimize linkage and retention to hypertension care that can be applicable to non-communicable disease management in low- and middle-income countries. TRIAL REGISTRATION: This trial is registered with (NCT01844596) on 30 April 2013.
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Journal article
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African Continental Ancestry Group
Blood Pressure
Cell Phones
Clinical Protocols
Communication
Community Health Services
Community Health Workers
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Health Behavior
Health Care Costs
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Hypertension
Kenya
Motivational Interviewing
Patient Compliance
Patients
Professional-Patient Relations
Research Design
Rural Health Services
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15036
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10.1186/1745-6215-15-143
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Vedanthan, Rajesh; Kamano, Jemima H; Naanyu, Violet; Delong, Allison K; Were, Martin C; Finkelstein, Eric A; ... Fuster, Valentin (2014). Optimizing linkage and retention to hypertension care in rural Kenya (LARK hypertension study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 15. pp. 143. 10.1186/1745-6215-15-143. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15036.
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Bloomfield

Gerald Bloomfield

Associate Professor of Medicine
Finkelstein

Eric Andrew Finkelstein

Professor in Population Health Sciences
Velazquez

Eric J. Velazquez

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine
LeadershipEric J. Velazquez, MD, is a Professor of Medicine with tenure at Duke University.  As section chief for Cardiovascular Imaging in the Division of Cardiology and director of the Cardiac Diagnostic Unit and Echocardiography Laboratories for Duke University Health System, he coordinates a high-volume enterprise and an outstanding group of clinician-investigators and clinical staff who make important contributions across patient care, research and educational
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