A randomized controlled trial of interventions to enhance patient-physician partnership, patient adherence and high blood pressure control among ethnic minorities and poor persons: study protocol NCT00123045

Table 1 Schedule of Variables Collected from Patients in Patient-Physician Partnership Study

Measurement/Collection Method	Index visit	3 months	12 months
Questionnaires
Sociodemographics (age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, occupation, health insurance)	X
Attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors (trust/mistrust, health behaviors, problem solving, self-efficacy, spirituality, self-reported adherence to medications and lifestyle recommendations (HBS), perceived susceptibility to illness, health literacy**)	X	X	X
Health Status (physical and mental, measured by MOS-SF12 & CES-D), Healthcare utilization* (emergency room visits and hospitalizations), Healthcare process (perceptions of biased care, trust, respect, PDM with physicians, visit-specific and overall satisfaction)	X	X	X
Physical Examination (BP, BMI)	X	X	X
Blood laboratory measures (Cr, eGFR, HbA1c, Hb, CaPO4, lipids)		X	X
Urine laboratory measures (microalbuminuria)		X	X
Audiotapes (patient-physician communication)¶	X

HBS = Hill-Bone Adherence Scale, CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, PDM = participatory decision making; BP = blood pressure; BMI = body mass index; Cr = creatinine; eGFR = estimated GFR using MDRD equation; Hb = hemoglobin;
* = not measured at baseline; ** = measured only at baseline; ¶collected after first patient intervention
contact and after physician intervention.

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