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Table 3 Data elements collected in baseline, recruitment, and follow-up

From: Effectiveness of a clinical decision support system for hypertension management in primary care: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial

 

Baseline

Recruitment

Follow-up

Socio-demographics (age, gender, education, and insurance)

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Physical measurements (blood pressure, heart rate, waist, height, and weight)

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Self-reported home monitoring blood pressure

 

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Cardiovascular risk factors

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Comorbidities

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Hospitalizations

 

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Adverse events

 

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Current medications

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Medication adherencea

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Side-effects related to antihypertensive medication

 

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CDSS recommendationsb

 

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Prescriptions

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Reasons for not following CDSSb

 

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  1. a Adherence to each antihypertensive medication is collected as three classes: regularly, intermittently, and rarely
  2. b Only in the intervention sites of the LIGHT trial