The effect of referral form on hypertension treatment rate in Japanese hypertensive employees: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000025411
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Clinical Nursing, Shiga University of Medical Science
- Brief Summary
Early promotion using a referral letter during health checkups significantly increased the number of clinic visits within 6 months completed by participants with untreated hypertension.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 287
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1) Pregnant in 2016 or 2017 2) Having antihypertension agents in 2017 3) SBP >=190 or DBP >= 120 in 2017
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Outpatient visit for hypertension after 6 months evaluated by the health insurance claim data.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Blood pressure, frequency of outpatient visit, change of antihypertensive agents after 2 years and additional exploratory analysis.