The effect of a nutrition education intervention based on the dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet pattern on blood pressure among adults with mild-to-moderate hypertension in Asesewa, Ghana

Completed

Conditions: Hypertension
Circulatory System
Hypertensive diseases

Registration Number: ISRCTN85037713

Lead Sponsor: niversity of Ghana

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 100

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

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Mean change in blood pressure from enrolment to the end of the study will be compared between the control and intervention groups controlling for background socio-demographic, and anthropometric characteristics and baseline values.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Data were collected at 5 time points corresponding to : baseline (time or enrolment into the study); visit 1 (2 weeks post enrolment); visit 2 (4 weeks post enrolment); visit 3 (6 weeks post enrolment); visit 4 (9 weeks post enrolment): and visit 5 (12 weeks post enrolment)<br><br>1. Blood pressure taken with a digital blood pressure monitor at enrolment and each visit subsequently<br>2. Sociodemographic characteristics: semi-structured, pre-coded questionnaire administered at baseline (enrolment)<br>3. Dietary assessment: using 24-hour dietary recall method and 7-day food frequency questionnaire. Data collected at baseline and 12 weeks post enrolment<br>4. Anthropometric measurements: height (taken at baseline) and weight and visceral fat % (taken at baseline and every visit) measured with a digital weighing scale.