Knowledge on Preventive Measures of Hypertension: An Interventional Study Among Senior High School Students, Kenyase - Ghana
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 345
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in participants knowledge on the preventives measures of hypertension using the mean scores
研究概览
简要总结
Hypertension among children and adolescents is on the rise in both developed and developing countries. Childhood and adolescent obesity, a key factor for hypertension in this population results largely from unhealthy dietary and physical inactivity behaviours. Adequate knowledge, a component for behavior change, has been found to be crucial to improving one's confidence to tackle these improper behaviours. Despite this, there are gaps in knowledge on hypertension and its risks factors in Ghanaian adolescents. Using an educational intervention (health talk), the study therefore sought to improve knowledge on preventive measures of hypertension among senior high school students in Ghana.
详细描述
A pre-post interventional study using health talks was carried out among 345 adolescents aged 13 to 20 years. Participants included both male and female students aged 13 to 20 years. Owing to the large number, the students were divided into two groups. The Pre-test was then administered. Following this, two health education sessions were delivered by two registered nurses for each session. A week after these health talks, the research team went back to the school to collect data for the post-intervention. Questionnaires used for both pre and post assessment collected data on demographic factors and knowledge on dietary and physical activity behaviours linked to hypertension.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 13 Years 至 20 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participants who gave consent
- •Minors with parental or guardian assent
排除标准
- •Participants already living with hypertension
结局指标
主要结局
Change in participants knowledge on the preventives measures of hypertension using the mean scores
时间窗: 1 week
Close ended questionnaire was used to assess participants' knowledge on dietary practices and physical activity related to prevention of hypertension. The same questions were administered both pre- and post-assessment
次要结局
- Association between the demographic characteristics and impact of the educational intervention on adolescents' knowledge on the preventive measures was measured using logistic regression analysis(1 week)
研究者
Isaac Nkrumah
Lecturer
Garden City University College