Open AccessA Community Health Worker–Led Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control in an Immigrant Community With Comorbid Diabetes: Data From Two Randomized, Controlled Trials Conducted in 2011–2019
Author(s) -
Jeannette M. Beasley,
Megha Shah,
Laura Wyatt,
Jennifer Zanowiak,
Chau TrinhShevrin,
Nadia Islam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2021.306216
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , diabetes mellitus , confidence interval , psychological intervention , blood pressure , randomized controlled trial , odds , community health , comorbidity , gerontology , physical therapy , public health , psychiatry , logistic regression , nursing , endocrinology
Evidence-based strategies addressing comorbid hypertension and diabetes are needed among minority communities. We analyzed the outcome of blood pressure (BP) control using pooled data from two community health worker interventions in New York City conducted between 2011 and 2019, focusing on participants with comorbid hypertension and diabetes. The adjusted odds of controlled BP (< 140/90 mmHg) for the treatment group were significant compared with the control group (odds ratio = 1.4; 95% confidence interval = 1.1, 1.8). The interventions demonstrated clinically meaningful reductions in BP among participants with comorbid hypertension and diabetes.