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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02981251
Date of registration: 30/11/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Bheri Zonal Ayurveda Hospital
Public title: Community Based Health Education to Manage Uncontrolled Blood Pressure in Surkhet, Nepal
Scientific title: Effectiveness of Community Based Health Education in Reduction of Blood Pressure Among Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients of Suburban Population of Surkhet District of Nepal
Date of first enrolment: January 2016
Target sample size: 142
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02981251
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Nepal
Contacts
Name:     Mahesh Kumar Khanal, MPhil
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Affiliation:  Bheri Zonal Ayurveda Hospital
Name:     K.N. Poudel, MD
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Affiliation:  Surkhet Hospital Pvt. Lmt.
Name:     Raja Ram Dhungana, MPhil
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Affiliation:  Nepal Public Health Foundation
Name:     Pratiksha Bhandari, MA
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Affiliation:  Mid Western Regional Hospital
Name:     Yadav Gurung, MPH
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Affiliation:  Nepal Family Development Foundation
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Who is willing to participate and give consent for the study

- Uncontrolled hypertension (SBP=140 mmHg and/or DBP=90mmHg) including those on
antihypertensive medication

- Can understand Nepali language

- Capable of effective oral communication

- Who has telephone or mobile number -

Exclusion Criteria:

- Dementia and other mental illness

- Bed ridden patients

- Known kidney disease, cancer, heart problem, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

- Pregnant women

- Participant who is either blind or deaf



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Health education with support by trained female health volunteer
Primary Outcome(s)
Proportion of patients with normalized systolic blood pressure of less than 140 mm Hg [Time Frame: six months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure [Time Frame: six months]
Proportion of patient with normal diastolic blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg [Time Frame: six months]
Secondary ID(s)
24/2016
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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