An interventional study of Intervention on DCP3 based strategies for Hypertension Management and Control in Hypertension and Hypertensive Patients, sponsored by Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan. Completed at 1 site in Pakistan. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-04-08.
Sponsored by Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan · Not applicable, Interventional, and Screening
This study aims to enable delivery of a multi-component intervention comprising of strategies based on Disease Control Priorities 3rd edition for management of hypertension among hypertensive patients. The secondary objective is to test the feasibility, acceptability and adaptability of a multi-component intervention delivered at a tertiary level health-care facility in the cultural context of Pakistan. A formative research study was conducted before so as to develop and test the intervention in a tertiary care hospital setting. The investigators employed qualitative research methods to explore the feasibility, applicability, and acceptance of DCP3 based intervention comprising of strategies for hypertension management. Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with selected study participants were conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC/NIHD), Rawalpindi for which a prior written and verbal consent was obtained from all research participants. The study adhered to the ethical principles of involving human subjects in the research. All information provided by the participants was recorded and was kept strictly confidential.
6,114 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypertension; 912 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 500 is above the median of 100 across 4,575 interventional studies indexed under Hypertension.
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Pakistani nationals both male and female of age 18 years and above will be invited to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with compromised neurological or cognitive state who are unable to provide their consent will be excluded
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
A “mini-stroke”: temporary stroke-like symptoms caused by reduced blood flow to part of the brain, spinal cord or eye, without signs of a new stroke on a scan.
Stroke symptoms need emergency care at once, even if they go away.
TIA (transient ischaemic attack)
A “mini-stroke”: temporary stroke-like symptoms caused by reduced blood flow to part of the brain, spinal cord or eye, without signs of a new stroke on a scan.
Stroke symptoms need emergency care at once, even if they go away.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Behavioral counseling was provided to the patients on each consecutive follow up after enrolling in this study. They were adequately followed on physical exercise, reduced salt intake, lifestyle modifications, and smoking cessation. All measurements of blood pressure and weight were maintained and recorded.
Behavioral: Intervention on DCP3 based strategies for Hypertension Management and Control
Usual routine medical care was provided to the study participants only.
Intervention on DCP3 based strategies for Hypertension Management and Control was developed after formative research findings and evidence built on desk review which was conducted prior to implementation of the multi-componnet strategy. It was tested and implemented in a tertiary care hospital of cardiology among hypertensive patients visiting out-patient department in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Number of participants with adequate blood pressure control in the intervention arm after delivering the intervention at 03 months
Time frame: 03 months
Number of participants with reduced salt intake from baseline measurements as compared to follow up measurements at 03 months
This was assessed at each consecutive follow up of hypertensive patients for reduced salt intake and increased physical exercise. Hypertensive patients were also counselled for regular intake of medicines prescribed by the physician. A record for the mentioned measurements was kept and maintained from baseline to 03 months of the trial.
Time frame: Baseline to follow up in 03 months
Number of participants with increased level of physical exercise compared from baseline measurements to follow up measurements at 03 months
This was assessed at each consecutive follow up of hypertensive patients for reduced salt intake and increased physical exercise. Hypertensive patients were also counselled for regular intake of medicines prescribed by the physician. A record for the mentioned measurements was kept and maintained from baseline to 03 months of the trial.
Time frame: 03 months
Number of participants with regular compliance to medications from baseline measurement compared with follow up measurements at 03 months
This was assessed at each consecutive follow up of hypertensive patients for reduced salt intake and increased physical exercise. Hypertensive patients were also counselled for regular intake of medicines prescribed by the physician. A record for the mentioned measurements was kept and maintained from baseline to 03 months of the trial.
Time frame: 03 months
Plan to share: Yes
Supporting information: Study protocol, Informed consent form
Ran from Nov 2019 to primary completion in Jan 2020, 2 months.
Of 1,403 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Hypertension, half reached primary completion within 23 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 41. This study's 2 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 1,498 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 41.
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Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan