Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and blood pressure (BP) control
Completed
- Conditions
- HypertensionCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN25105161
- Lead Sponsor
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (Canada)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 630
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adults (age 18 and older) who are patients of family physicians
2. Must be diagnosed with essential hypertension but not have yet achieved target levels
Exclusion Criteria
1. A diagnosis of secondary hypertension
2. Pregnancy
3. Hypertension management primarily by a consultant
4. A disability that precludes use of a home blood pressure monitor
5. Enrolled in another hypertension trial
6. White coat hypertension
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The mean daytime blood pressures on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM)<br>2. The mean night-time blood pressures on ABPM<br>3. Achieving Blood Pressure (BP) target at end of study <br>4. Achieving 10% drop in the mean nighttime blood pressures
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Patient lifestyle changes<br>2. The number of visits for hypertension<br>3. Compliance with hypertensive medication use <br>4. Compliance with the intervention <br>5. Intensity of treatment <br>6. Frequency of lifestyle counselling by physician <br>7. Quality of Life as measured by 36-item Short Form health survey (SF-36)