Effectiveness of community intervention program

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension; Circulatory System

• Registration Number: ISRCTN88146057
• Lead Sponsor: Griffith University (Australia)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-08-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1600

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects were enrolled if one of the following inclusion criteria were fulfilled:
1. had blood pressure more than 140/90
2. had family of hypertension
3. they were registered in the community medical centre, not staying in the hospitals

Exclusion Criteria

People with hypertension who had the following conditions were excluded from the study:
1. People who had severe neurological and psychiatric diseases, serious complications and comorbidities such as stroke and diabetes, cancer, and had chemotherapy in the last six months
2. Aged less than 35 years
3. People who did not want to comply to the program protocol
4. People attending other intervention programs, and/or having physical limitations to prohibit them to attend the regular activities.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified