Controlling Hypertension Through Education and Coaching in Kidney Disease

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN · Sep 10, 2019

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ClinConnect Summary

Patients that meet eligibility criteria and are seen in a clinic assigned to the control group will be given a Control-Encounter Decision Intervention (Control-EDI) about kidney disease in general (not tailored to the patient) by their primary care provider. Eligible patients that agree to participate and give consent will complete enrollment, 1, 6, and 12 month follow-up visits.

Eligible patients that are seen in a clinic assigned to the intervention group will be given a personalized Intervention-EDI by their primary care provider. Following this, eligible patients that agree to particip...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of CKD stage 3, 4, or 5 documented in medical record
• • Aware of CKD diagnosis
• • Has diagnosis of hypertension documented in medical record and most recent Blood Pressure (BP) within the last year meets criteria of uncontrolled hypertension (≥140 mmHg, and/or a diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg noted in an ambulatory care setting within the past one year)
• • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of \<60 within the last 18 months documented in the medical record
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Currently on dialysis permanently (i.e. are considered "end-stage renal disease" and receiving dialysis)
• • Previous kidney transplant
• • Pregnant (indicated by medical record or if patient self-identifies as pregnant)
• • Has cognitive, language, or vision impairment(s) that would prohibit participating in education, taking surveys, or participating in coaching activities
• • Has terminal illness