Health Condition 1: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Self-care strategy (combination of self-monitoring of blood pressure after obtaining training and written action plan): Participants would receive a hypertension self-care strategy whic
Sponsors
Indian Council of Medical Research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients of age more than 18 years with raised blood pressure, as per NPCDCS guidelines consenting for the study will be included in the study. We would include only residents of Bhopal who have stayed for most of the last 6 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We would exclude patients who have already been diagnosed CVD end stage complication like stroke or myocardial infarction or CHF or Atrial Fibrillation etc, or had undergone surgery such as PTCA or CABG, for blocked arteries requiring hospitalization or end stage renal disease or other severe co-morbidities. We would also exclude those patients who donâ??t understand either English or Hindi as well those patients whose mental status preclude understanding nature of the study. We would also exclude patients who canâ??t read or listen to the advice provided due to disabilities such as blindness and deafness.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| control of hypertensionTimepoint: control of hypertension | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| knowledge about complications of hypertensionTimepoint: baseline and after 1 year;patient satisfaction scoreTimepoint: baseline and after one year;quality of lifeTimepoint: baseline and after 1 year;willingness to self-monitoringTimepoint: baseline and after 1 year | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactSanjeev Kumar
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal
Outcome results
None listed