We Talk About Our Hypertension

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension
• Interventions: Behavioral: Storytelling

• Registration Number: NCT02483780
• Lead Sponsor: Institute of Population, Health and Development, Vietnam

Brief Summary

The proposed pilot community-based research project will examine the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of the Storytelling intervention compared with usual care in hypertension control among rural residents in 4 communities in Vietnam. This is a major clinical and public health problem in this developing country.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-06-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-06-24
• Study First Posted: 2015-06-29
• Study Start: 2015-09
• Primary Completion: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-04
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

Consenting adult men and women must fulfill each of the following criteria:

1. be a resident of the selected commune;
2. be aged 50 years or older;
3. have a diagnosis of hypertension according to the 7th Joint National Commission of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)
4. not be cognitively impaired (as assessed by study physicians)
5. not be a "story teller" used to develop the intervention;
6. not be a family member of another participant in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Storytelling intervention	Storytelling	Two communes will be assigned to intervention group. Within each commune, 25 adults with HTN will be enrolled. Patients will receive 2 DVDs with stories of patients who have successfully controlled their hypertension and "Learn More" section, which will be coordinated with specific patient stories and will fill in gaps not covered by the storytellers.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
retention rate	1 year
recruitment rate	3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood pressure	3 months after randomization	systolic and diastolic BP and the proportion of participants with controlled BP defined as in JNC-8

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institute of Population, Health and Development (PHAD); 🇻🇳 Ha Noi, Vietnam