Improving Hypertension Medication Adherence for Older Adults

Description

This randomized controlled trial will assess the efficacy and scalability of a blood pressure technology system intervention. The investigators will enroll 224 older adults with hypertension to identify those who are nonadherent for one hypertension medication. The participants will be randomized to one of two groups (112 per group) to use the blood pressure system for 6-months. Both groups receive information about high blood pressure and medications. One group will also receive strategies that can be used to take medications and manage blood pressure. Both groups will complete a mid-assessment at 3-months and a post-assessment at 6-months.

Conditions

Aging, Medication Adherence, Hypertension

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This randomized controlled trial will assess the efficacy and scalability of a blood pressure technology system intervention. The investigators will enroll 224 older adults with hypertension to identify those who are nonadherent for one hypertension medication. The participants will be randomized to one of two groups (112 per group) to use the blood pressure system for 6-months. Both groups receive information about high blood pressure and medications. One group will also receive strategies that can be used to take medications and manage blood pressure. Both groups will complete a mid-assessment at 3-months and a post-assessment at 6-months.

Improving Hypertension Medication Adherence for Older Adults

Improving Hypertension Medication Adherence for Older Adults

Condition
Aging
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Tucson

University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85721

Champaign

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States, 61820

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * age 65 years or older
  • * self-manage at least one hypertension medication
  • * able to read and speak English
  • * willing to participate in the study for six months
  • * currently have and use an Apple iPhone
  • * have hypertension medication adherence ≤ 90% in the last 2 weeks of the 4-week baseline monitoring period using an AARDEX MEMS® cap
  • * have inadequate visual acuity (worse than 20/50 corrected near vision on Snellen test)
  • * experience severe depression (\> 11 on Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form, GDS-15)
  • * are at risk for cognitive impairment (\< 23 on Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA)
  • * been instructed by their healthcare provider to withhold their blood pressure medication

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Arizona,

Study Record Dates

2025-12-31