Effect of a Physicians Communication Skills Training on Health Outcomes Among Hypertensive Patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Hypertension.Essential (primary) hypertension, high blood pressures associated with health literacy and health outcome
- Registration Number
- IRCT20160710028863N24
- Lead Sponsor
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 940
Inclusion Criteria
All eligible patients included if they had to be have uncontrolled blood pressure
prescribed at least one antihypertensive medication during the past three months
were age 18 or older
could speak and read their native language in Iran (Persian)
Exclusion Criteria
They were unable to give informed consent
had suffered an acute-myocardial infarction or had kidney disease
had visual impairment, mental disturbance illiteracy, and upper limb disability
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hypertension outcomes (SBP and DBP). Timepoint: The beginning of the study (before the intervention)? after intervention, and six months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Automated blood pressure monitor.;Patient’s Health literacy skills. Timepoint: The beginning of the study (before the intervention)? after intervention, and six months after the intervention. Method of measurement: International questionnaire of Health Literacy in Practice (HLP) strategies.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-efficacy. Timepoint: The beginning of the study (before the intervention)? after intervention, and six months after the intervention. Method of measurement: The International chronic disease self-efficacy Questionnaire.;Patient's medication adherence. Timepoint: The beginning of the study (before the intervention)? after intervention, and six months after the intervention. Method of measurement: The Adult Primary Care Questionnaire was used to assess medication adherence.