Knowledge on Preventive Measures of Hypertension

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

345 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-03-15

Study Completion Date

2020-03-22

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Hypertension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention arm - All participant (Single arm)

Participants received education or health talks on dietary and physical activity behaviours linked to hypertension

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education/Training

Intervention Type OTHER

It consisted of a brief overview of hypertension, risk factors, complications and much emphasis placed on the preventive measures (what they include and why it is necessary to practice them).

Interventions

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Education/Training

It consisted of a brief overview of hypertension, risk factors, complications and much emphasis placed on the preventive measures (what they include and why it is necessary to practice them).

Intervention Type OTHER