Journal article
Effect of a patient activation intervention on hypertension medication optimization: results from a randomized clinical trial
The American journal of managed care, Vol.26(9), pp.382-287
09/2020
DOI: 10.37765/AJMC.2020.88488
PMID: 32930550
Abstract
To examine the effect of a patient activation intervention with financial incentives to promote switching to a thiazide in patients with controlled hypertension using calcium channel blockers (CCBs).
The Veterans Affairs Project to Implement Diuretics, a randomized clinical trial, was conducted at 13 Veterans Affairs primary care clinics.
Patients (n = 236) with hypertension previously controlled using CCBs were randomized to a control group (n = 90) or 1 of 3 intervention groups designed to activate patients to talk with their primary care providers about switching to thiazides: Group A (n = 53) received an activation letter, group B (n = 42) received a letter plus a financial incentive to discuss switching from a CCB to a thiazide, and group C (n = 51) received a letter, a financial incentive, and a telephone call encouraging patients to speak with their primary care providers. The primary outcome was thiazide prescribing at the index visit.
At the index visit, the rate of switching to a thiazide was 1.1% in the control group and 9.4% (group A), 26.2% (group B), and 31.4% (group C) for the intervention groups (P < .0001). In adjusted analysis, patients randomized to group C were significantly more likely to switch from a CCB to thiazide at the index visit (odds ratio, 4.14; 95% CI, 1.45-11.84; P < .01).
This low-cost, low-intensity patient activation intervention resulted in increased rates of switching to a thiazide in those whose hypertension was controlled using another medication, suggesting that such interventions may be used to overcome medication optimization challenges, including clinical inertia.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of a patient activation intervention on hypertension medication optimization: results from a randomized clinical trial
- Creators
- M Bryant Howren - Florida State University College of Medicine, 1115 W Call St, Tallahassee, FL 32306. Email: matthew.howren@med.fsu.eduMichael A SteinmanBarry CarterMark W Vander WegPeter J Kaboli
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of managed care, Vol.26(9), pp.382-287
- DOI
- 10.37765/AJMC.2020.88488
- PMID
- 32930550
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Manag Care
- ISSN
- 1088-0224
- eISSN
- 1936-2692
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2020
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Pharmacy Practice and Science; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984214949802771
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