Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Hypertension Adherence

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

537 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-11-03

Study Completion Date

2022-02-18

Brief Summary

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A community intervention in elderly hypertension patients by Community Health Workers in order to improve patients adherence to treatment

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hypertension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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intervention ward

Patients received interventions as follow:

* The health education syllabus included 4 chapters: (1) introduction to hypertension, (2) complications of high blood pressure, (3) lifestyle management, and (4) SCORE - European High-Risk Chart
* Home health education by Community Health Workers every month for 6 months

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Adherence

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Patients received interventions as follow:

* The health education syllabus included 4 chapters: (1) introduction to hypertension, (2) complications of high blood pressure, (3) lifestyle management, and (4) SCORE - European High-Risk Chart
* Home health education by Community Health Workers every month for 6 months

control ward

Patients received usual care, consisted of existing services in the community

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Adherence

Patients received interventions as follow:

* The health education syllabus included 4 chapters: (1) introduction to hypertension, (2) complications of high blood pressure, (3) lifestyle management, and (4) SCORE - European High-Risk Chart
* Home health education by Community Health Workers every month for 6 months

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All patients aged 60 years and older who had been diagnosed with hypertension for more than 3 months at the time of the study were eligible for inclusion.

Exclusion Criteria

* People who are not able to answer interviews or have mental illnesses.
* Those who, after being interviewed, re-confirmed that they did not have a diagnosis of hypertension from a medical facility.

Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No