Acupuncture as a complementary treatment for high blood pressure
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Arterial hypertensionC14.907.489
- Registration Number
- RBR-7sbzxw
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Be suffering from essential hypertension exclusively; be properly prescribed medication and have difficulty controlling blood pressure keeping regular measurement above was over 140x90mmHg.
Exclusion Criteria
Being pregnant; be in possession of any kind of active neoplasia; being a smoker; be alcoholic; not dieting for weight loss; practice regular physical activity.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ongitudinal reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP) in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) to levels below 140 (PAS) x90 (PAD) mmHg. Verification of this reduction will be carried out by comparing the current values with the consultations immediately prior consultations. It is expected that each participant contributes to six values pre and post exposure. Blood pressure will be measured by indirect oscillometric method, employing sphygmomanometer digital high precision, recorded in Imetro and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), with approval and recognition of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC) and the British Society hypertension (BHS). The data will be recorded in an Excel worksheet and the values are compared using the t test for paired measures to a 0.05 significance level.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method therapeutic response to nursing diagnoses. The verification of the answers will be held from the comparison of the proportion of nursing diagnoses identified in the first consultation with the proportion of nursing diagnoses identified in the last query. The range of therapeutic response verification scale for complementary and integrative practices will be used to answer the marks obtained in two levels result: improved or not improved. Z test for two proportions will be used to identify statistically significant differences at a 0.05 level.