Welcome to Pressure Check Boston in collaboration with Mass General Brigham
What is Hypertension?
Hypertension is another word for high blood pressure and it is the leading cause of heart disease and stroke. Lowering blood pressure should be easy, yet millions of people have uncontrolled blood pressure. We need new strategies to diagnose and treat hypertension so we can save lives and keep people healthy.
What is the Pressure Check study?
The Pressure Check study looks to determine the most effective care model for blood pressure control. Study participants receive a home blood pressure monitor and are placed in one of three groups.
Who is eligible to participate?
What is the timeline of the study?
What does being in the study look like?
Meet with a Pressure Check health advocate at one of our community-based organization (CBO) partners to measure your blood pressure.
Once eligible, you can enroll and we can answer any questions. You’ll receive a free blood pressure cuff and we will teach you how to take your blood pressure at home. To fully enroll it will take about 30 minutes.
We will set you up with appointments with a care team based on which care group you are placed in.
You will measure your blood pressure at home at least three times a week for six months.
At 6, 12, and 18 months, you will meet with your care team to check in on your blood pressure and how you’re doing.
What are my responsibilities?
Daily monitoring: measure your BP twice a day in the morning and at night.
Follow-up visits: attend your appointments with your care team on time, every time. For the first 3 months, we will meet every 2 weeks, and then monthly after that until you reach 6 months.
Equipment return: keep the blood pressure cuff, but return all the other study materials at your final 6 month appointment.
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Contact Us
Please reach out to learn more about the study or to find out how to become a partner or participant of the project.