Role of diet in controlling Hypertension

Completed

• Conditions: Essential (primary) hypertension,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2012/09/002967
• Lead Sponsor: Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital

Brief Summary

Hypertension is the commonest cardiovascular disorder posing major public health challenge to the world population by causing coronary artery disease (24%), stroke(57%), left ventricular failure etc. As dietary intervension has a major control over every disease process, the aim of our study is exploring the clinically favourable impact of dietary approaches over blood pressure in hypertensive patients.Objectives of our study is to see the effect of DASH diet over blood pressure and symptom score. It is a single arm, experimental, prospective, interventional, short-arm, non-randomised, before and after comparison study without control over 30 hypertensive patients. Outcomes are analysed by the help of paired t-test after 2 months of dietary intervention (DASH diet), which consist of inclusion of fish and low fat milk in food, intake of high amount of fruits and vegetable in food and reduction of sodium and fat intake.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2018-11-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 18-65 years.
• Both sexes.
• History of suffering of essential hypertension for at least 6 months.
• History, examination and routein investigations showing no evidence of secondary cause.

Exclusion Criteria

• Diagnose case of secondary hypertension.
• Any kind of continued anti-hypertensive therapy for at least 6 months.
• Malignant hypertension, isolated systolic hypertension, labile hypertension.
• Failure of organ(s).
• Pregnancy, breast feeding and likelihood of pregnency.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure.	2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement in symptom score.	2 months.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medicine OPD; 🇮🇳 Haora, WEST BENGAL, India

Medicine OPD

🇮🇳Haora, WEST BENGAL, India

Munmun Koley

Principal investigator

919830816022

dr.mkoley@gmail.com