Nurse Management of Hypertension in Rural Western Kenya: Implementation Research to Optimize Delivery
Key result
This implementation research study protocol aims to evaluate whether nurse-based management of hypertension can effectively reduce systolic blood pressure over 1 year in rural western Kenya.
Why the study?
Does nurse-based management reduce systolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients in rural western Kenya?
Population
Hypertensive patients in rural western Kenya
Design
Other
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Implication
Does not change practice; leaves open nurse-based hypertension management efficacy in rural Kenya.
Structured PICO
Does nurse-based management reduce systolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients in rural western Kenya?
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Population
Hypertensive patients in rural western Kenya
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Intervention
Nurse-based management of hypertension (task redistribution) utilizing an electronic tablet-based integrated decision-support and record-keeping tool
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Outcome
Change in systolic blood pressure after 1 year of follow-upsurrogate
This implementation research protocol outlines a study to evaluate whether nurse-led management using digital decision-support tools can effectively lower blood pressure in rural Kenya.
Cite This Study
Vedanthan et al. (2014) studied Hypertension. Nurse-based management of hypertension was evaluated on Change in systolic blood pressure. This implementation research study protocol aims to evaluate whether nurse-based management of hypertension can effectively reduce systolic blood pressure over 1 year in rural western Kenya.