HPL Program for Geriatric Patients' at Risk for Stroke

NCT ID: NCT05640154

Last Updated: 2022-12-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 170 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-12-16
• Study Completion Date: 2023-02-28

Brief Summary

Stroke is a highest reason of illness and death all over world. In 2017, stroke was the second greatest recurrent reason of mortality, after ischemic cardiac illness, and produced 6.2 million mortality all over world. The load of stroke does not only lie in the great mortality but the great morbidity also results in up to 50% of survivors being chronically disabled. Thus stroke is a disease of huge public health importance with economic and social consequences.

Detailed Description

Patients with stroke with uncontrolled glucose levels have higher mortality and poor post stroke outcomes. Controlling diabetes and other associated risk factors are effective ways to prevent initial strokes as well as stroke recurrence. Diabetes increases ischemic stroke incidence in all age groups, individuals with diabetes are more likely to suffer from hypertension, myocardial infarction and high cholesterol than individuals without diabetes have been linked to a greater risk of stroke. Smoking is a major cause of cardiovascular disease and causes one of every four deaths from cardiovascular disease. Smoking can raise triglycerides (a type of fat in your blood), Lower "good" cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein), Make blood sticky and more likely to clot, which can block blood flow to the heart and brain, Damage cells that line the blood vessels, Increase the buildup of plaque (fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances) in blood vessels and cause thickening and narrowing of blood vessels.The idea of lifestyle includes a broad variety of subjects, containing substantial life, spiritual life and other issues. Physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, nutrition and other aspects to measure lifestyle used by Chinese scientists. Health promoting lifestyle (HPL) is defined as "a multi-dimensional pattern of self-initiated actions and perceptions that serve to maintain or enhance the level of wellness, self-actualization, and fulfillment of the individual". It assesses a personal well-being activity that involves physical activity, dieting, spiritual growth, interpersonal relationships, health responsibility, and stress management, and would lead to enhaning wellbeing condition

Conditions

Health-Related Behavior

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Educational program

aged patients 60 years and more, able to communicate, diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cardiac diseases. they will receive the nursing educational program which will be implemented in small groups from (5-7) in outpatient clinics. It includes nutrition, exercise, control hypertension , engage in weight control measures, smoking cessation, stress management, breathing exercise, appropriate treatment of diseases, control of diabetes, control of cholesterol in blood and routine follow up).also they will receive health-promoting lifestyle that includes (spiritual growth, interpersonal relations, nutrition, physical activity, health responsibility and stress management).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

educational program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The nursing educational program will be implemented in small groups from (5-7) in outpatient clinics. It includes nutrition, exercise, control hypertension , engage in weight control measures, smoking cessation, stress management, breathing exercise, appropriate treatment of diseases, control of diabetes, control of cholesterol in blood and routine follow up).

control group

aged patients 60 years and more, able to communicate, diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cardiac diseases. the will not receive educational program and life style promotion.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

educational program

The nursing educational program will be implemented in small groups from (5-7) in outpatient clinics. It includes nutrition, exercise, control hypertension , engage in weight control measures, smoking cessation, stress management, breathing exercise, appropriate treatment of diseases, control of diabetes, control of cholesterol in blood and routine follow up).

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 60 years and more
• Diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cardiac diseases.
• Able to communicate with health team, free from mental problems, and agreed to participate in the study were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• unable to communicate with health team.
• free from mental problems.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 85 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

TA Shoulkamy

principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Faculty of Nursing

Asyut, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

HPLgeriatric

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id