mDASHNa-CC APP to Support a Healthy Diet and Hypertension Control for Chinese Canadian Seniors

NCT ID: NCT03988894

Last Updated: 2019-06-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-01-10
• Study Completion Date: 2021-06-30

Brief Summary

The aim of this proposed study is to translate the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension with Sodium (Na) Reduction for Chinese Canadian (DASHNa-CC), a classroom-based antihypertensive dietary educational intervention, to an innovative smartphone app (mDASHNa-CC) to enable Chinese Canadian seniors' access to this antihypertensive dietary intervention anytime, regardless of where they are.

Conditions

Hypertension; Diet, Healthy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Control: Usual Care

All participants will (a) receive a general hypertension health education booklet from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario;(b) be encouraged to see their family physicians or primary health care providers regarding their blood pressure status; those who do not have a primary health care provider will be referred to a walk-in clinic or a community health centre; and (c) have access to family physicians, tele-health, emergency care, hospital and other health care facilities in the Greater Toronto Area as required.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention: mDASHNa-CC app use

In addition to usual care, those participants randomized to the intervention group will be offered use of the app.Then, they will load the app in their smartphones and be requested to review educational contents, conduct dietary self-assessment, and monitor blood pressure for 8 weeks.By the end of eight weeks post randomization, seniors will be prompted by phone using an audible alert to complete the app Evaluation Questionnaire on the smartphone, which ascertains likes and dislikes with the app.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

mDASHNa App

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The functions of the app will include: (a) antihypertensive dietary education; (b) dietary self-assessment; (c) automatic feedback according to dietary self-assessment; (d) blood pressure monitoring; and (e) automatic feedback according to blood pressure data.

Interventions

mDASHNa App

The functions of the app will include: (a) antihypertensive dietary education; (b) dietary self-assessment; (c) automatic feedback according to dietary self-assessment; (d) blood pressure monitoring; and (e) automatic feedback according to blood pressure data.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• have a systolic blood pressure higher than 140 mmHg, or a diastolic blood pressure higher than 90mmHg, or are on antihypertensive medications, based on pre-intervention baseline assessment
• are able to understand (listen) and speak in Mandarin or Cantonese, read and write in Chinese
• have access to a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria

• have special dietary requirements
• are a household member of another mDASHNa-CC participant
• plan to leave the area prior to the anticipated end of study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Toronto

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ping Zou

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Ping Zou

Role: CONTACT

pingz@nipissingu.ca

14166427003

References

Zou P, Stinson J, Parry M, Dennis CL, Yang Y, Lu Z. A Smartphone App (mDASHNa-CC) to Support Healthy Diet and Hypertension Control for Chinese Canadian Seniors: Protocol for Design, Usability and Feasibility Testing. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Apr 2;9(4):e15545. doi: 10.2196/15545.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 32238343 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

02579746

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id