@article{272a0a1218524851a5d3a0f1707d3bfe,
title = "The implementation of a translational study involving a primary care based behavioral program to improve blood pressure control: The HTN-IMPROVE study protocol (01295)",
abstract = "Background: Despite the impact of hypertension and widely accepted target values for blood pressure (BP), interventions to improve BP control have had limited success.Objectives: We describe the design of a 'translational' study that examines the implementation, impact, sustainability, and cost of an evidence-based nurse-delivered tailored behavioral self-management intervention to improve BP control as it moves from a research context to healthcare delivery. The study addresses four specific aims: assess the implementation of an evidence-based behavioral self-management intervention to improve BP levels; evaluate the clinical impact of the intervention as it is implemented; assess organizational factors associated with the sustainability of the intervention; and assess the cost of implementing and sustaining the intervention.Methods: The project involves three geographically diverse VA intervention facilities and nine control sites. We first conduct an evaluation of barriers and facilitators for implementing the intervention at intervention sites. We examine the impact of the intervention by comparing 12-month pre/post changes in BP control between patients in intervention sites versus patients in the matched control sites. Next, we examine the sustainability of the intervention and organizational factors facilitating or hindering the sustained implementation. Finally, we examine the costs of intervention implementation. Key outcomes are acceptability and costs of the program, as well as changes in BP. Outcomes will be assessed using mixed methods (e.g., qualitative analyses--pattern matching; quantitative methods--linear mixed models).Discussion: The study results will provide information about the challenges and costs to implement and sustain the intervention, and what clinical impact can be expected.",
author = "Bosworth, {Hayden B.} and Daniel Almirall and Weiner, {Bryan J.} and Mathew Maciejewski and Kaufman, {Miriam A.} and Powers, {Benjamin J.} and Oddone, {Eugene Z.} and Lee, {Shoou Yih D} and Damush, {Teresa M.} and Valerie Smith and Olsen, {Maren K.} and Daren Anderson and Roumie, {Christianne L.} and Susan Rakley and {Del Monte}, {Pamela S.} and Bowen, {Michael E.} and Kravetz, {Jeffrey D.} and Jackson, {George L.}",
note = "Funding Information: 1Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham NC. USA, 2Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham NC. USA, 3Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Center for Aging and Human Development, Duke University, Durham NC. USA, 4Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham NC. USA, 5Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. USA, 6VA Stroke QUERI Center, VA HSRD Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice, Roudebush VAMC; IU Center for Aging, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN. USA, 7Department of Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT; Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT. USA, 8VA Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC), HSR&D Targeted Research Enhancement Program for Patient Healthcare Behavior, and Clinical Research Center of Excellence (CRCoE), and the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. USA and 9VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program, VA Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Health Services Research (HSR), and the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. USA Funding Information: Qualitative interview and staff survey portions of this work are funded by the VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Service, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) (RRP-09-198). Further support is provided through a VA HSR&D Research Career Scientist Award and center funds to the first author (HSRD 08-027). Dr. Jackson has a VA HSR&D Merit Review Entry Program award (MRP 05-312). Dr. Powers is supported by a KL2 career development award RR024127-02. Dr. Damush is supported by the VA Stroke QUERI Center, VA HSRD #STR-03-168. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government.",
year = "2010",
month = jul,
day = "16",
doi = "10.1186/1748-5908-5-54",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "5",
journal = "Implementation Science",
issn = "1748-5908",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}