Continuing the Conversation: Using Narrative Communication to Support Hypertension Self-management in African American Veterans
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Official title
Continuing the Conversation: A Multi-site RCT Using Narrative Communication to Support Hypertension Self-Management Among African-American Veterans
Brief summary
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In this study the investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial aimed at improving hypertension self-management and lowering blood pressure (BP) in African-American Veterans. In this study, the investigators 'begin the conversation' by showing previously created videos to Veteran participants, inviting them to select the peer narrative that is most compelling. The investigators then 'continue the conversation', offering longitudinal support via 6 months of narrative-aligned text messages. Texts will cover key subject areas, providing education, reminders and periodic assessments, and include quotations derived from and aligned with transcripts from the chosen narrative. The investigators will measure the intervention's impact on BP, self-efficacy and self-management behaviors, and conduct a cost analysis.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03970590
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 600 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 29, 2021
- Primary completion
- May 3, 2023
- Completion
- May 3, 2023
- Last update posted
- Apr 2, 2025
2021 – 2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA | Bedford | Massachusetts | 01730-1114 | — |
| Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104-4551 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 2, 2025 · Synced Sep 10, 2026
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