实用随机实施有效性试验的设计,测试老年人卫生系统范围的高血压计划
Aditi Gupta1, Hira Chouhdry2, Shellie D Ellis3
1Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States; Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
Contemporary clinical trials
|February 8, 2024
概括
这项研究引入了一个虚拟协作护理诊所 (vCCC),以改善高血压控制. 该计划使用自测血压 (SMBP) 和远程药剂师管理,显示有效降低血压的承诺.
科学领域:
- 心血管医学 心血管医学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 实施科学 实施科学
背景情况:
- 由于患者,提供者和系统层面的障碍,低血压控制仍然存在.
- 基于证据的策略,如自测血压 (SMBP) 和远程药剂师管理是有效的,但未得到充分利用.
- 大型卫生系统在实施指导方针指导的高血压护理方面面临挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估新型远程高血压计划的有效性和实施,虚拟协作护理诊所 (vCCC).
- 在大型卫生系统中整合自动化患者识别,SMBP,远程监控和增强的患者-提供者通信.
- 评估vCCC对血压控制和心血管结果的影响.
主要方法:
- 一个随机的,受控的,务实的I型混合实施有效性试验,涉及1000名患有失控高血压的患者.
- 患者被随机分配1:1接受vCCC干预或常规护理2年.
- 结果包括血压,认知功能,症状,心血管事件,死亡率和医疗保健利用率,使用通用线性混合模型进行分析.
主要成果:
- 该研究旨在确定两组患者中达到血压控制 (心压血压<130 mmHg) 的比例.
- 将评估实施结果,例如计划的可接受性和可行性.
- 分析将在vCCC和对照组之间比较心血管事件,死亡率和医疗保健利用率.
结论:
- 该vCCC计划有可能在大型医疗保健系统内改善高血压管理.
- 这项研究将提供关于高血压综合远程护理策略的有效性和实施的关键数据.
- 结果将指导更广泛地采用有效的高血压控制计划.
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