Acupuncture therapy in reducing high blood pressure
Not Applicable
Withdrawn
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2017/029
- Lead Sponsor
- Ministry of Health, Government of Nepal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
1. Men and women aged 30 - 70 years.
2. Participants who meet the diagnostic criteria of hypertension according to the International society of Hypertension Guidelines, 2013
Exclusion Criteria
Participants diagnosed with disorders in heart, kidney, thyroid gland, diabetes, neurological disease, skin or bleeding disorders and currently on any drugs or medications for any other chronic disease.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Outcome will be measured using standardized stethoscopes and sphygmomanometers, by following standard measurement techniques. [3 times a week for 6 weeks done at each visit during the intervention phase and once a week at follow up phase for 6 weeks. Blood pressure will be measured just before the treatment, during the treatment and after the treatment.]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Any adverse events due to the intervention defined as, pain, swelling around the intervention area.<br>The grading will be done as : Very Mild, Mild, Moderate, Severe to Very Severe<br> [3 times a week for 6 weeks done at each visit during the intervention phase and once a week at follow up phase for 6 weeks.]<br>