Primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the community.

Primary pREvention strategies at the community level to Promote treatment Adherence to pREvent cardiovascular disease (PREPARE): A household level cluster randomized trial - PrePAre

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2012/09/002981

Enrollment

1800

Registered

2012-09-11

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: 6 Household visits by trained community health worker: Trained community health workers will make at-least 6 household visits to the households that come under the intervention group an

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All consenting individuals who are above the age of 35 years residing permanently in the study area.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Individuals with a past history of any cardiovascular event.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
a)Improved adherence to pharmacological therapy (measured as a continuous measure of total number of medications received in a day). b)Reduction in INTERHEART risk score Timepoint: 12 months and 18 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
a)Reduction in systolic blood pressure so that an optimal control is achieved (systolic BP of 140mm Hg or less) b)Reduction in waist-hip ratio and body mass index of 0.02 and 1.2kg/m2 respectively.Timepoint: One year	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactRajnish Joshi

St. Johns Research Institute

rjoshimgims@gmail.com917152284341

Outcome results