Key result
A community health worker-led intervention for hypertension control in rural Uganda is being evaluated in a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial, with no results reported yet.
Why the study?
Uncontrolled hypertension management is limited in LMIC health systems, and using community health workers at the primary care level to improve treatment outcomes has not been well studied.
Does a community health worker-led home visit intervention reduce systolic blood pressure in adults with uncontrolled hypertension in rural Uganda?
Population
869 adult patients with hypertension attending two NCD clinics in Uganda
Comparison
Monthly CHW-led household visits vs usual care
Design
Stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Stepped-wedge RCT protocol tests CHW-led hypertension control in rural Uganda; leaves open SBP reduction until results reported.
RCT (n=869)
Open-label
Cluster randomized
Yes
Does a community health worker-led home visit intervention reduce systolic blood pressure in adults with uncontrolled hypertension in rural Uganda?
This study protocol outlines a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate whether a community health worker-led intervention can effectively lower systolic blood pressure among hypertensive patients in a resource-limited rural setting.
Ingenhoff et al. (2022) conducted an RCT in Hypertension (n=869). Community health worker-led intervention vs. Usual care was evaluated on Decrease in the average systolic blood pressure. A community health worker-led intervention for hypertension control in rural Uganda is being evaluated in a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial, with no results reported yet.
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