Research on equivalence of high blood pressure diagnosed by conventional medicine and traditional Chinese medicine

Morbidity research of traditional Chinese medicine patterns as related to conventional medicine diseases: An observational study on systemic arterial hypertension

Status

Suspended

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000933257

Enrollment

100

Registered

2009-10-30

Start date

2009-01-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Systemic arterial hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Its diagnosis is based on repetitive blood pressure evaluations. Traditional Chinese medicine reports that diagnosis is based on manifestations (i.e., signs & symptoms) and no other measure is needed to diagnose a subject. The aim of this work is to evaluate possible associations between conventional medice and traditional Chinese medicine in identifying subjects high blood pressure.

Interventions

Subjects will be assessed by an interviewer for evaluation of specific symptoms of systemic arterial hypertension related to traditional Chinese medicine. Each patient will be interviewed once during approximately 30 minutes. Overall duration of this study is 1 year.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of systemic arterial hypertension.

Exclusion criteria

Presence of comorbidities such as diabetes and kidney failure.

Outcome results