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| Name | Class |
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| University of Ghana Medical School | OTHER |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | OTHER |
| University of Health and Allied Sciences | OTHER |
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A single-arm study to assess the ability of the AHOMKA platform for hypertension management to affect blood pressure change among urban and rural patients in Ghana.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Enhanced Usual Care Group | Experimental | Participants with uncontrolled hypertension and the owner of a cell phone are selected. Participants will receive usual care as determined by their provider. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Enhanced Usual Care Group | Behavioral | A culturally-adapted mobile health platform will be used in the intervention to enable participants to record blood pressure and heart rate readings at home and store data in the mobile platform. Providers will have access to the store data using a provider-facing app. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Blood Pressure levels from Baseline | Changes in blood pressure levels, measured in mmHg, will be assessed at the baseline and 6-month endline visit. | Baseline, 6 months |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Valencia Koomson | Tufts University | Principal Investigator |
| Mark Tettey, MD | University of Ghana | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| National Cardiothoracic Center | Accra | Ghana | Ghana | |||
| Cardiothoracic Center - Outpatient Department |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006973 | Hypertension |
| ID | Term |
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| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
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Feasibility study of mobile health application
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| Ghana |
| Ghana |