Status:

COMPLETED

The Impact of GlowCaps Connect™ and Its Services on Hypertension Medication Adherence

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Conditions:

Medication Adherence

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesize that providing subjects on a once-a-day hypertension medication with GlowCaps ConnectTM will lead to an improvement in their medication adherence. The investigators propo...

Detailed Description

Participants will use the GlowCap system for 6 months. Group 1 * The GlowCap bottle provided for subjects in this group will passively track medication adherence over the course of the study * The p...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult men and women age 18 and over
  • Diagnosis of hypertension
  • Take a once a day medication for hypertension
  • Internet access via broadband (not dial-up)
  • Home router
  • A private email account
  • Fluency in English (spoken and written)
  • Have a Primary Care Physician

Exclusion

  • People will be excluded if they are not able to adequately respond to researcher's questions or complete the surveys.
  • People with significant cognitive deficits will be excluded.
  • People will be excluded if they take more than three medications a day for hypertension.
  • People will be excluded if they take more than five medications in one day.
  • People will be excluded if they have total color blindness.
  • People will be excluded if they are both blind and deaf.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

139 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00985452

Start Date

August 1 2009

End Date

August 1 2010

Last Update

October 10 2012

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