American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 3 , Pages 450-456 , March 2009

Patient education and provider decision support to control blood pressure in primary care: A cluster randomized trial

  • Hayden B. Bosworth, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Center for Aging and Human Development, Duke University, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hayden B. Bosworth, PhD, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (152), 508 Fulton St., Durham, NC 27705.
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  • Maren K. Olsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC
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  • Tara Dudley, MStat

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
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  • Melinda Orr, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
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  • Mary K. Goldstein, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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  • Santanu K. Datta, PhD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
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  • Felicia McCant, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
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  • Pam Gentry, RN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
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  • David L. Simel, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
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  • Eugene Z. Oddone, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC

Received 11 September 2008 ,Accepted 3 November 2008.

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 Clinical trial registration no. NCT00105716.

 Dr. George A. Mensah served as guest editor for this manuscript.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00977-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.11.003

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 3 , Pages 450-456 , March 2009

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