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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Sci. 2014 Aug;348(2):139–145. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000298

Table 1.

Eligibility Criteria for Study Clinics and Participants

Eligibility Criteria for Study Clinics (Centers for Primary Health Care)
  • The clinic is affiliated with the Remediar+Redes program.

  • The clinic is located in urban poor areas according to the 2010 census data.

  • The clinic has ≥ 1,000 outpatient visits each month, so that sufficient participants can be recruited.

  • The minimum distance between the selected CPHCs will be 10 kilometers to minimize the risk for contamination of the intervention.

  • Physician visits and essential medications are free of charge to patients under all circumstances.

  • The clinic has a high number of prescriptions for antihypertensive medications.

  • The clinic employs community health workers.

  • The clinic has general practitioners and nurses.

  • The clinic has a history of good performance in the Remediar+Redes program.

  • The clinic performs blood draws on patients when appropriate.


Eligibility Criteria for Study Participants
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Patients aged ≥21 years who received primary care from the participating CPHCs and have hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg on at least 2 separate visits) and their spouses (with or without hypertension) and/or any adult hypertensive family members (age ≥21 years) living in the same household will be included.

  • Hypertension patients and their spouses and/or family members must be available for the first baseline nurse home visit.

  • The index patient must have a cell phone that receives text messages.

  • The family’s homes must be located within 10 kilometers from the clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:
  • Hypertension patients who do not have a spouse or another adult family member in the household.

  • Plans to move from the neighborhood in the next two years

  • Pregnant women or women who are planning to become pregnant in the next two years

  • Persons who are bed-bound

  • Persons with an arm circumference >50 cm

CPHC = Center for Primary Health Care