CONSULT-BP Training for High Blood Pressure
(CONSULT-BP Trial)

Recruiting in Palo Alto (17 mi)

+4 other locations

Overseen byJennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE

Age: Any Age

Sex: Any

Travel: May Be Covered

Time Reimbursement: Varies

Trial Phase: Academic

Waitlist Available

Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester

No Placebo Group

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?The goal of CONSULT-BP is to train early-stage healthcare providers, including residents and nurse practitioner (NP) students, to mitigate providers' bias, improve communication skills, and enhance providers' ability to develop authentic and meaningful therapeutic alliances with patients. The study setting is an academic safety net hospital that serves a large non-White and poor population. We hypothesize that patients' outcomes (blood pressure levels) will be lower after the training intervention compared with before training (control) periods.

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for early-stage healthcare providers who haven't done the CONSULT-BP training and work where they can track patient data. It's also for English-speaking patients who are non-White or on Medicaid with high blood pressure recorded in their medical records. First-year trainees, pregnant women, and patients with certain mental health conditions or serious illnesses that affect self-care are excluded.

Inclusion Criteria

For Healthcare Trainees - Practice at a clinical site supported by an EMR to allow clinical data collection for outcome measurement

For Healthcare Trainees - 15-week clinical look-back period

For Healthcare Trainees - No prior completion of the CONSULT-BP intervention

+3 more

Exclusion Criteria

For Healthcare Trainees - All 1st year trainees

For Patient Participants - Pregnancy

For Patient Participants - Dementia

+4 more

Participant Groups

The CONSULT-BP study tests an educational program aimed at improving healthcare providers' communication skills, reducing bias, and building better relationships with patients to help manage high blood pressure more effectively. The hypothesis is that this training will result in lower blood pressure levels in patients compared to before the providers received the training.

5Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Healthcare Trainees - Cluster 5Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Within each academic year, trainee clusters are randomized to 1 of 5 start date training times for Other: CONSULT-BP Educational Intervention. Each arm has a pre-intervention (control) period and a post-intervention (exposure) period.

Group II: Healthcare Trainees - Cluster 4Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group III: Healthcare Trainees - Cluster 3Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group IV: Healthcare Trainees - Cluster 2Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group V: Healthcare Trainees - Cluster 1Experimental Treatment1 Intervention