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Faith and health: church nurses take on high blood pressure

NCT ID NCT00535444

Disease control Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at whether visits from parish nurses (faith community nurses) can help people with high blood pressure lower their numbers. Researchers recruited 100 adults from church health fairs in Los Angeles and randomly assigned them to either nurse visits or regular doctor appointments. After 4 months, they checked if the nurse visits led to better blood pressure control and medication use.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

100 people

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Start date

Sep 2006

Finished

Oct 2007

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

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Inclusion Criteria: * We will be including adults who are 18 years and older who have attended a health fair or screening event at one of QueensCare Health and Faith Partnership parish nurse sponsored church events in Los Angeles. * Patients must be either English or Spanish speaking. * Patients will be enrolled by blood pressure readings at the screening event. We will be using the JNC 71 criteria for diagnosing hypertension. * Patients with blood pressures above 140/90 will be defined as hypertensive. * Diagnosed and previously undiagnosed hypertensive patients will be included in the study. * The patient must also be able to come to the follow-up appointment in 4 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women will not be included in the study. * Patients who do not speak English or Spanish will be excluded from the study since we do not have the capacity to translate all our materials into multiple languages. * Those deemed by the research assistant to be incapable to give informed consent (due to intoxication, dementia, or other causes) will also be excluded from the study. * Patients younger than 18 years old will be excluded from the study. * Patients who have seen a parish nurse in her office hours in the past 6 months will be excluded from the study. We do not want patients who have an already established relationship with a parish nurse to be enrolled in the study with the chance of being randomized to the physician-only arm, which would interrupt the continuity of care the patient is receiving from the parish nurse.

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Conditions

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hypertensive disorder

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Hypertension

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