EFFECT OF NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION ON BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WHO ATTEND THEIR FOLLOW UP UNITS AT HAWASSA CITY HOSPITALS, HAWASSA, SIDAMA REGION, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA
Phase 1
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- PACTR202011772340456
- Lead Sponsor
- Wollega university
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 320
Inclusion Criteria
Hypertensive patients’ age between 20-65 years
receiving medical treatment
having a health record in the study hospitals
who permanently reside in Hawassa town during the study period will include in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Hypertensive patients suffering from acute or chronic complications at the time of diagnosis of hypertension
who participate in any other hypertension/nutrition education program recently
Patients with any physical or mental disability that hinder the intervention e.g., blindness or deafness will exclude from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Controlled blood pressure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method DASH diet adherence