The medication Adherence and Blood Pressure Control (ABC) trial: A multi-site randomized controlled trial in a hypertensive, multi-cultural, economically disadvantaged population

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-471

  Gerin, William ^a   Tobin, Jonathan N ^b,c   Schwartz, Joseph E ^d   Chaplin, William ^e   Rieckmann, Nina ^f   Davidson, Karina W ^a   Goyal, Tanya M ^a   Jhalani, Juhee ^a   Cassells, Andrea ^b   Feliz, Karina ^b   Khalida, Chamanara ^b   Diaz Gloster, Marleny ^b   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Clinical Directors Network   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; African Americans; BP; Community Health Centers; Hypertension; Interventions; Medication; Nurse Case Management; Practice based research network (PBRN); Randomized trial; Telemonitoring; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34248581605     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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