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Continuing the Conversation: A Multi-site RCT Using Narrative Communication to Support Hypertension Self-Management Among African-American Veterans
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating CTC Intervention and Control for Hypertension. Completed, enrolled 600 participants across 3 sites.
Detailed Summary
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 Details
Timeline
Interventions
An integrated peer narrative-based intervention (VIEW \> SELECT \> GET), beginning with VIEW In-person viewing of VA Stories narratives, followed by SELECT a favorite Veteran\] Storyteller, and then GET favorite Storyteller "narrative-aligned" text messages over 6 months
6-month HTN management assessment text messages without narrative component