Investigating the Relationship between Personality Traits, Dietary Habits and Blood Pressure in Young Adults aged 20-40 years
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/06/043285
- Lead Sponsor
- Taneem Abuji
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
1. Young adults aged 20- 40 years
2. Residing in Mumbai
3. Both hypertensive and normotensives
4. Voluntarily agrees to participate
5. Patients with essential hypertension
Exclusion Criteria
1. Children or adults <20 years of age
2. Adults >40 years of age
3. Refusal to participate in the study
4. Patients with secondary hypertension
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method â?¢Dietary habits and personality traits of hypertensives would be compared with normotensives <br/ ><br>â?¢Frequency consumption of sodium rich and dietary habits will be assessed <br/ ><br>â?¢Interrelationship between blood pressure, personality traits and dietary habits will be determined. <br/ ><br>â?¢E-booklet development: A comprehensive e-book will be developed containing comprehensive information on sodium, sodium content of various foods, functions of sodium and various other aspects in relation to salt and sodium consumption. The e-book can be used in future to educate both healthy as well as adults suffering from various chronic conditions such as hypertension, renal disease etc. regarding salt and sodium consumption.Timepoint: At baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ATimepoint: NA