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Managing Hypertension Among People Living With HIV

CompletedNA

Sponsor: Dr. Dike Ojji

Conditions: Blood Pressure, Human Immunodeficiency Virus I Infection, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Hypertension

Interventions: Nurse-led Task-Shifting Strategy for Hypertension Control (TASSH) plus Practice Facilitation.

Countries: Nigeria

The Managing Hypertension Among People Living with HIV: An InTegrated Model (MAP-IT) a stepped wedge, cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of practice facilitation (PF) on the integration of a Task-Shifting Strategy for hypertension (HTN) control (TASSH) into HIV care for management of HTN in people living with HIV (PLWH). The study will recruit 960 PLWH across 30 primary health centers (PHCs) in Akwa Ibom State (32 patients/PHC).

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Persons aged 18 years or older
2. Be HIV positive and currently enrolled in HIV treatment services at one of the 30 study PHCs, be receiving HTN treatment services at one of the 30 study PHCs, or can be enrolled at one of the 30 study PHCs to receive HTN services for the entire study duration.
3. Have elevated blood pressure between 140-179 mm Hg systolic and/or 90-109 mm Hg diastolic, as determined by the average of the latter two of three separate BP readings during one clinic visit
4. Able to provide consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. BP ≥180/100 mm Hg
2. Known history of kidney disease, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, stroke
3. A female who is pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of enrollment
4. Inability to provide informed consent
5. Refusal to participate in the study

Locations (1)

Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria