Improvement of high-normal blood pressure by transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation based on mobile health: a randomized controlled pilot trial
- Conditions
- High-normal blood pressure
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR1900002508
- Lead Sponsor
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Meeting the high-normal blood pressure criteria;
2. Aged 35–65 years, male of female;
3. No language and mental retardation, able to answer and complete the questionnaire smoothly;
4. Participants or their guardian willing to sign written informed consent.
1. Contraindications for the use of acupoint stimulators: wearing a pacemaker and other implanted medical devices; suffering from acute diseases, infectious diseases, malignant tumors;cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, liver and kidney dysfunction or other malignant diseases; scars, bruises, scratches or inflammation on the skin of the acupuncture points.
2. Hypertension caused by other vascular diseases, primary aldosteronism, other endocrine hypertension, and secondary hypertension caused by other causes.
3. Receiving antihypertensive drugs or other drugs that affect blood pressure in previous 2 months.
4. Uncontrolled diabetes.
5. Receiving acupuncture treatment in previous 1 month.
6. Drug or alcohol abuse.
7. Pregnant women or women in lactation period.
8. Joined any other study in process.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method the differences in mean systolic pressure changes;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of progression to hypertension;Quality of life evaluation;International Physical Activity Questionnaire;Weight, body mass index and waist circumference;the differences in mean diastolic blood pressure changes;