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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
Main ID:  PACTR201303000493351
Date of registration: 05/02/2013
Primary sponsor: Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Unit, Medical Research Council South Africa
Public title: Diabetes and Hypertension CHC trial
Scientific title: Implimentation of national guidelines, incorporated within a structured diabetes and hypertension record, at primary level care in Cape Town. A RCT
Date of first enrolment: 1999-03-01
Target sample size: 1471
Recruitment status: Completed: recruitment & data analysis complete
URL:  HTTP://www.pactr.org/ATMWeb/appmanager/atm/atmregistry?da=true&tno=PACTR201303000493351
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,
Randomised,
Simple randomisation,
Central randomistaion,
 
Countries of recruitment
South Africa
Contacts
Name: Krisela  Steyn
Address:  Old Groote Schuur Hospital building Cape Town South Africa
Telephone: +27 21 406 6802
Email: krisela.steyn@uct.ac.za
Affiliation:  Associate Director, Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa
Name: Krisela  Steyn
Address:  Old Groote Schuur Hospital Building Cape Town South Africa
Telephone: +27 21 406 6802
Email: krisela.steyn@uct.ac.za
Affiliation:  Associate Director, Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: -15 years or older
-Documented attendence of at least 4 vitits during the previous year for hypertension or diabetes
-Having received treatment for these conditions

Exclusion criteria: -Patients who did not fulfil the inclusion critieria
-Patients who were unable to answer the questions in the questionnaere
-Patients who intended leaving the area during the coming year


Age minimum: 15 Year
Age maximum: 70 Year
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Diabetes, hypertension
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
mean glycate haemoglobin in diabetic patients and systolic and diasatolic BP in hypertensive patients
Secondary Outcome(s)
Degree to which the structured record was completed
Number of patients folders that contained the structures record with prompts
Proportion of patients with complications of diabetes and hypertension in the relevant groups of patients
Proportion of patients with controlled glycaemia for patients with diabetes and controlled BP for patients with hypertension
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
South African Medical Research Council
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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