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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN85037713
ISRCTN85037713
Completed
Not Applicable

Can a nutrition education intervention based on the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet pattern in addition to the standard of care have a greater blood pressure lowering effect than the standard of care alone among adults diagnosed with hypertension in Asesewa, Ghana?

niversity of Ghana0 sites100 target enrollmentJune 7, 2016

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Hypertension
Sponsor
niversity of Ghana
Enrollment
100
Status
Completed
Last Updated
9 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
June 7, 2016
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
9 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Ghana

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Adults \= 25 years
  • 2\. Newly diagnosed, or previously diagnosed but not currently on treatment, as having high blood pressure (HBP) (defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) reading of greater than 140 mmHg and or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) \>90 mgHg) through the hospital\-based screening at the Asesewa Government Hospital during a 4\-month participant recruitment period
  • 3\. Willing to participate and provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Persons with heart disease, diabetes mellitus, or diabetes requiring insulin
  • 2\. Persons with special dietary requirements
  • 3\. Persons unwilling to make dietary modifications

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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