Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences

NCT ID: NCT03800498

Last Updated: 2019-01-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-06-10

Study Completion Date

2018-10-10

Brief Summary

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Effect of Didactic intervention regarding Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) on Hypertensive Patients Blood Pressure, Knowledge and Attitude at a Tertiary Hospital of Lahore

Detailed Description

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Objective: To explore the effect of didactic intervention regarding dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH) on hypertensive patients blood pressure, knowledge and attitude.

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial Place and Duration of Study: Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) Lahore. From June 2018 to Oct 2018.

Methodology: Seventy volunteers aged 20-60 years attending regularly outpatient department at Punjab institute of cardiology Lahore, with systolic \> 130 mm hg, diastolic \> 80 mm hg were selected and assigned into 2 groups, i.e. Intervention and control, by simple random lottery method. For twelve weeks, only intervention group were given DASH education. Both groups were checked for DASH knowledge, attitude, and systolic diastolic blood pressure, before and after education session. Pre-tested questionnaire was used for demographic, attitude and knowledge data collection.

Conditions

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Effect of Didactic Intervention Regarding (DASH) on Hypertension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Intervention

For twelve weeks, only intervention group were given DASH education

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

DASH Education

Intervention Type OTHER

DASH health education about general knowledge of DASH diet Plan and lifestyle modification

Controlled

Controlled group not received DASH education

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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DASH Education

DASH health education about general knowledge of DASH diet Plan and lifestyle modification

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hypertensive patient aged 20-60 years attending regularly at Punjab institute of cardiology outpatient department Lahore
* systolic \> 130 mm hg
* diastolic \> 80 mm hg.

Exclusion Criteria

* Less than 20 years age
* patient diagnosed with secondary hypertension
* any mental and physical ailment that may interfere the intervention like deafness and blindness.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Naiza Yousef

Student

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Zaheer Ahmad, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences

Locations

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Nazia

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

Other Identifiers

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SIHS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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