Effect of Nurse Practitioner Interventions on Hospitalizations in the Community Transitions Intervention Trial.
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ABSTRACT: Background
Despite improvements in hypertension treatment in the United States, Black and Hispanic individuals experience poor blood pressure control and have worse hypertension-related outcomes compared to Whites.Objective
The aim of the study was to determine the effect on hospitalization of supplementing usual home care (UHC) with two hypertension-focused transitional care interventions-one deploying nurse practitioners (NPs) and the other NPs plus health coaches.Methods
We examined post hoc the effect of two hypertension-focused NP interventions on hospitalizations in the Community Transitions Intervention trial-a three-arm, randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of (a) UHC with (b) UHC plus a 30-day NP transitional care intervention or (c) UHC plus NP plus 60-day health coach intervention.Results
The study comprised 495 participants: mean age = 66 years; 57% female; 70% Black, non-Hispanic; 30% Hispanic. At the 3- and 12-month follow-up, all three groups showed a significant decrease in the average number of hospitalizations compared to baseline. The interventions were not significantly different from UHC.Conclusion
The results of this post hoc analysis show that, during the study period, decreases in hospitalizations in the intervention groups were comparable to those in UHC, and deploying NPs provided no detectable value added. Future research should focus on testing ways to optimize UHC services.
SUBMITTER: Osakwe ZT
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