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Hula intervention for High Blood Pressure (KaHOLO Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Joseph K Kaholokula, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Hawaii
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
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KaHOLO Trial Summary

This project is a community-engaged, randomized control trial of hula, the indigenous dance form of Native Hawaiians (NH), among 250 NHs with hypertension living in Hawaii and Washington State. Investigators will compare the effects of a 6-month intervention, called the KaHOLO Program, delivered by trained peer educators to a wait-list control condition on blood pressure and 10-year cardiovascular risk. The intervention will be comprised of hula plus hypertension self-care education program. Investigators will also examine the mediating effects of health behaviors, self-regulation, psychosocial, and socio-cultural factors on blood pressure reduction. The ultimate goal is to develop and test a culturally-appropriate, acceptable, and effective intervention that can be delivered and sustained in community settings.

Eligible Conditions
  • High Blood Pressure

KaHOLO Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary outcome measures
Change in participants' systolic blood pressure at each time frame from baseline
Secondary outcome measures
Change in participants' Framingham Risk Score of 10 year CVD risk at each time frame from baseline
Other outcome measures
Number of Participants with decreased scores on the Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Scale
Number of Participants with improved monthly physical activity levels as assessed by the Physical Activity Questionnaire
Number of participants with decreased scores on the Perceived Stress Scale
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KaHOLO Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Hula interventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants randomized to the intervention arm will receive the 6-month KaHOLO Program within 1 week of baseline data collection. The first 3 months of the KaHOLO was designed and standardized as a culturally-based PA, which includes 12 weeks of hula lessons. These hula lessons consist of two 60 minute classes per week over 12 weeks. Each hula lesson will consist of 15 participants, providing with the opportunity to engage in social support network. The last three months of the program will be reduced to once a week sessions. One week will consist of hula lessons for 60 minutes. The remaining 3 weeks will consist of the intervention group meeting for 45 minutes with the community-peer educator.
Group II: Wait-List ControlActive Control1 Intervention
After baseline data collection and education, participants randomized to the wait-list control arm will not receive the KaHOLO Program while their counterparts who were randomized to the intervention arm are undergoing the intervention program. Thus, they will not receive the intervention for 6 months until after the intervention arm is completed and their 6 month follow-up data collection is completed. They will not receive any other intervention from us during the 6 month period but they will be instructed to continue with their routine medical care as usual.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

I Ola Lahui, Inc.OTHER
1 Previous Clinical Trials
200 Total Patients Enrolled
Ke Ola MamoOTHER
3 Previous Clinical Trials
582 Total Patients Enrolled
University of HawaiiLead Sponsor
115 Previous Clinical Trials
54,414 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
The KaHOLO Project: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Native Hawaiians
Joseph Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula 2016. "The KaHOLO Project: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Native Hawaiians". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02620709.
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