Improving Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Patients by Increasing Access to a Home Blood Pressure Monitor

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether providing teaching with a low-cost device can help to improve blood pressure, health outcomes, patient self-efficacy without exacerbating inequity between advantaged and disadvantaged patients. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: 1. Does providing a free home blood pressure cuff improve control of hypertension? 2. Does providing a free home blood pressure cuff have a greater impact on control of hypertension in disadvantaged populations? 3. Does improved control of home blood pressure decrease adverse patient outcomes? Participants will be asked to * Take their blood pressure at home and records the results * Participate in follow-up phone calls from investigators at at 3 and 6 months Researchers will compare patients provided with home blood pressure monitors to those who are provided with routine education

Conditions

Hypertension, Stroke, TIA, Vascular Diseases

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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether providing teaching with a low-cost device can help to improve blood pressure, health outcomes, patient self-efficacy without exacerbating inequity between advantaged and disadvantaged patients. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: 1. Does providing a free home blood pressure cuff improve control of hypertension? 2. Does providing a free home blood pressure cuff have a greater impact on control of hypertension in disadvantaged populations? 3. Does improved control of home blood pressure decrease adverse patient outcomes? Participants will be asked to * Take their blood pressure at home and records the results * Participate in follow-up phone calls from investigators at at 3 and 6 months Researchers will compare patients provided with home blood pressure monitors to those who are provided with routine education

Improving Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Patients by Increasing Access to a Home Blood Pressure Monitor

Improving Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Patients by Increasing Access to a Home Blood Pressure Monitor

Condition
Hypertension
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Palo Alto

Stanford University Hospital, Palo Alto, California, United States, 94305

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients over the age of 18 admitted to the Stanford Hospital (SHC) stroke service and discharging to home or acute rehab
  • * Diagnosis of Ischemic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), or otherwise deemed to be at increased risk of stroke by the treating team (for example, asymptomatic carotid stenosis).
  • * No usable home blood pressure cuff available
  • * Diagnosis of hypertension or elevated blood pressure (\> 130/80) concerning to the treating clinician for hypertension
  • * Participant or surrogate able to apply a home blood pressure cuff on the participant
  • * Patient or Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) agree to participate and are able to consent.
  • * Currently enrolled in another blood pressure or secondary prevention interventional research study
  • * Upper arm circumference \> 20 inches
  • * Any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, makes the person a poor candidate for participation in this study

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Stanford University,

Liron D Kraler, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Stanford University

Christina M Mijalski Sells, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Stanford University

Study Record Dates

2025-04-30