PINGS-IIPhone-based Interventions under Nurse Guidance after Stroke II

The goal of Phone-based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke II (PINGS-II) is to deploy a hybrid study design to demonstrate the efficacy in a randomized controlled trial of a theoretical model-based, mobile health technology-centered, nurse-led, multi-level integrated approach to substantially improve longer term blood pressure control among 500 recent stroke patients at 10 hospitals in Ghana. In addition to evaluataing efficacy of a nurse-led, mobile health-centered self-management intervention for blood pressure control in low and middle-income countries, PINGS-II will also craft evidence-based implementation strategies for routine use & policy adoption of the PINGS intervention in Ghana. The study is in collaboration with Dr. Fred Sarfo at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Location: Ghana

BALANCE Investigators: Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MAS