Effectiveness of group counselling compared to individual counselling as a mode of health education intervention for reduction of elevated blood pressure and its associated risk factors among rural hypertensives: An interventional study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 248
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Blood pressure
研究概览
简要总结
This study is a randomized, open ended, parallel group, single centre community based trial comparing the effectiveness of group counselling and individual counselling as health education interventions in 248 patients diagnosed with hypertension in the last one year that will be conducted in different villages in the rural areas of Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh state. The primary outcome measures will be blood pressure, weight, BMI, Waist-hip ratio, Physical activity levels and Knowledge score on hypertension at baseline, 1month from baseline and at 3 months from baseline.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 30.00 Year(s) 至 99.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •Consenting adults (age ≥ 30 years) attending the primary clinics diagnosed with hypertension within one year from the first day of data collection.
- •The individual should have resided in the same locality in the preceding six months and is expected to stay in the same locality for the next six months from the day of baseline-data collection.
排除标准
- •Hypertensives aged less than 30 years of age.
- •Hypertensives diagnosed more than one year ago.
- •Hypertensives with end organ damage at the time of baseline-data collection.
结局指标
主要结局
Blood pressure
时间窗: Baseline, 1st month from baseline, 3rd month from baseline
Height, weight, BMI (Body Mass Index)- WHO-Asian classification
时间窗: Baseline, 1st month from baseline, 3rd month from baseline
Knowledge score
时间窗: Baseline, 1st month from baseline, 3rd month from baseline
Minutes of Physical activity per day
时间窗: Baseline, 1st month from baseline, 3rd month from baseline
Practice related to diet, alcohol consumption, tobacco use
时间窗: Baseline, 1st month from baseline, 3rd month from baseline
次要结局
- Height, weight, BMI (Body Mass Index)- WHO-Asian classification(Minutes of Physical activity per day.)
研究者
Kavuru Ravindra
Rangaraya Medical College