Trained health workers help adults with high blood pressure and blood sugar
Tests trained non-physician health workers helping adults with high blood pressure, sugar, and fat.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: SCORE! Non-Physician Health Worker (NPHW) Implementation Protocol (SIP)
Key facts
- Where
- Hamilton, CanadaSee the site
Where in Canada
- McMaster UniversityHamilton, CanadaNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Sonia Anand
- Trial code
- NCT06694987
- Record updated
- 19 November 2024
- Original description
This study is a substudy of the Strenghtening Community Roots (SCORE!) Cohort study. The investigators will look for people, enrolled in the SCORE! Cohort study, with abnormal results related to blood sugar and fat, as well as high blood pressure and heart disease risks. The investigaors will try to help the community improve sugar, fat and blood pressure through trained people who are not necessarily a medical doctor but have health-sciences-training backgrounds. These people are called Non-Physician Health Workers (NPHW), and they will be under the direction of a medical doctor and will be also in close communication with the participants and the medical doctor to improve their health. This will happen through a total of 12 months, having online and on-site visits, for follow-up.Read full original descriptionShow less
SCORE! Non-Physician Health Worker (NPHW) Implementation Protocol (SIP).
This study is a substudy of the Strenghtening Community Roots (SCORE!) Cohort study. The investigators will look for people, enrolled in the SCORE! Cohort study, with abnormal results related to blood sugar and fat, as well as high blood pressure and heart disease risks. The investigaors will try to help the community improve sugar, fat and blood pressure through trained people who are not necessarily a medical doctor but have health-sciences-training backgrounds. These people are called Non-Physician Health Workers (NPHW), and they will be under the direction of a medical doctor and will be also in close communication with the participants and the medical doctor to improve their health. This will happen through a total of 12 months, having online and on-site visits, for follow-up.
Exclusion: Known history of coronary artery disease or stroke; Severe co-morbid conditions with life expectancy < 1 year,; Other serious conditions or logistic factors likely to interfere with study participation; Involvement in another study or program that would interfere with the study protocol,; Pregnancy or plans to become pregnant within 12 months.
Participants will be identified from the SCORE! Cohort study who have previously received a letter indicating their cardiovascular risk score; They are eligible if:; Uncontrolled CV risk factors will be defined as follows:; Blood pressure measurements: systolic ≥ 140 or diastolic BP ≥ 90 mm Hg; Non-HDL cholesterol \&amp;gt; 2.66 mmol/L; Random plasma glucose of ≥ 11.1 mmol/L or HbA1c% ≥ 6.5%.