Health Education Using Text Messaging Prevents Hypertension in High Risk People

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-08-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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Prehypertension is a predisposing condition for morbidity inhypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Health education via electronic pathways such as mobile text messaging or virtual communities may provide more availability and adherence than printed media. Regarding lower costs of such electronic resources and continuity of interventions through these ways, assessing their effectiveness compared to a printed material may help health educators to choose proper methods for improve their educational attempts. Therefore, the current study aims to compare different tools for health education about healthy lifestyle in people with prehypertension. For this, educational interventions with similar content among 3 groups of people will be conducted (i.e., first group via mobile text messaging, second group using virtual communities, and third group by brochures as a printed media). A control group also will be considered without any intervention. Several phases are considered in the study. In phase 1 using health centers located in Qazvin city, people would be invited to a free screening program of prehypertension. Then, an eligible sample will be divided in three groups using a random allocation process (each one including 100-150 people with prehypertension). The blood pressure and health promotion lifestyle profile II (HPLP II) will be measured before intervention. A standard educational content using approaches of lifestyle promotion defined in HPLP II would be available for intervention groups during a time period of 1 month concurrently. At final phase, one month after termination of intervention blood pressure as primary outcome and lifestyle changes along with self-efficacy for lifestyle modification as secondary outcomes will be measured. This study may suggest effective ways for health education which is applicable by health care professionals to promote health status among peopleat risk of hypertension.

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Detailed Description

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Prehypertension is a predisposing condition for morbidity in hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. This has been defined as a systolic pressure from 120 to 139 mmHg or a diastolic pressure of 80-89 mm hg. The prevalence of this condition estimated to be at least 2 times higher than hypertension and those who have prehypertension 4 times more likely to progress to hypertension than normotensive people. Although, hypertension is a multi-factorial disease, lifestyle is associated mainly to its development. According to information, lifestyle changes may prevent more than 70% of primary hypertension and health education is a key strategy to promote lifestyle modification. Health education via electronic pathways such as mobile text messaging or virtual communities may provide more availability and adherence than printed media. Regarding lower costs of such electronic resources and continuity of interventions through these ways, assessing their effectiveness compared to a printed material may help health educators to choose proper methods for improve their educational attempts. Therefore, the current study aims to compare different tools for health education about healthy lifestyle in people with prehypertension. For this, educational interventions with similar content among 3 groups of people will be conducted (i.e., first group via mobile text messaging, second group using virtual communities, and third group by brochures as a printed media). A control group also will be considered without any intervention. Several phases are considered in the study. In phase 1 using health centers located in Qazvin city, people would be invited to a free screening program of prehypertension. Then, an eligible sample will be divided in three groups using a random allocation process (each one including 100-150 people with prehypertension). The blood pressure and health promotion lifestyle profile II (HPLP II) will be measured before intervention. A standard educational content using approaches of lifestyle promotion defined in HPLP II would be available for intervention groups during a time period of 1 month concurrently. At final phase, one month after termination of intervention blood pressure as primary outcome and lifestyle changes along with self-efficacy for lifestyle modification as secondary outcomes will be measured. This study may suggest effective ways for health education which is applicable by health care professionals to promote health status among people at risk of hypertension.

Conditions

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Hypertension Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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mobile text messaging

Patients will receive some SMS in a regular interval.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

mobile text messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

mobile phone

Intervention Type DEVICE

virtual communities

Patients will receive some messages by a virtual community in a regular interval.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

virtual community

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

brochures

Patients will receive some messages by as a printed media

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

brochures

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

control group will be included without any intervention

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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mobile text messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

virtual community

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

brochures

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

mobile phone

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* be \>18 years
* have a diagnosis of prehypertension based on definition
* own a cell phone capable of receiving and sending text messages
* be a member of virtual communities
* Persian speaking
* willing to attend two data collection visits in Qazvin

Exclusion Criteria

* admits to planning to terminate cell phone contract or excite form virtual communities during the next one month
* education less than primary school
* other major health problems (e.g., terminal stage of cancer, advanced liver disease)

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes