Testing interventions to reduce clinical inertia in the treatment of hypertension: rationale and design of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Study context
- Population
- Primary care providers caring for patients with hypertension in need of treatment intensification
- Participants
- 45 primary care providers
- Comparison
- Pharmacist e-consult or social norming dashboards vs usual care
- Social norming dashboardsn = 16 providers and 173 patients
- Pharmacist e-consultn = 15 providers and 143 patients
- Usual caren = 14 providers and 150 patientsreference
- Primary endpoint
- Rate of intensification of hypertension treatment
Methodological detailsrationale and design, three-arm, pragmatic
- Rationale and design
- Three-arm
- Pragmatic
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Baseline characteristics (design paper; no outcome results)
Mean patient age
64 years
Female
47%
White
73%
Original publication
Testing interventions to reduce clinical inertia in the treatment of hypertension: rationale and design of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Am Heart J. Published 14 November 2023. doi:10.
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