We Talk About Our Hypertension

Culturally Adaptive Storytelling Method to Improve Hypertension Control in Vietnam -"We Talk About Our Hypertension": a Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

The proposed pilot community-based research project will examine the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of the Storytelling intervention compared with usual care in hypertension control among rural residents in 4 communities in Vietnam. This is a major clinical and public health problem in this developing country.

Inclusion Criteria:

Consenting adult men and women must fulfill each of the following criteria:

1. be a resident of the selected commune;
2. be aged 50 years or older;
3. have a diagnosis of hypertension according to the 7th Joint National Commission of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)
4. not be cognitively impaired (as assessed by study physicians)
5. not be a "story teller" used to develop the intervention;
6. not be a family member of another participant in the study

Exclusion Criteria: