Stroke with hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group (Patients and their families):Behavioural intervention for salt intake reduction
Control group (Patients and their families):Health education on stroke, hypertension and salt reduction
Sponsors
Guabgzhou First People‘s Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Community-dwelling adult (aged >=18 years); 2.Diagnosis of stroke; 3.Diagnosis of hypertension; 4.Able to communicate in Mandarin or Cantonese; 5.Has a smartphone that can download instant messaging applications, such as WeChat; 6.Has an adult family member involved, willing to take care of the patient's diet, able to communicate in Mandarin or Cantonese, and has a smartphone that can download instant messaging applications; 7.Able to participate in this study for 4 months follow up; 8.Willing to sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Currently receiving stroke active care in acute phase in inpatient settings; 2.Currently participating in any types of dietary interventions or other HTN-related lifestyle modification interventions; 3.Inability to consume food orally (e.g., using esophageal feeding tubes or other types of enteral nutrition); 4.Has mental disorders.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sodium Intake Reduction Knowledge, Attitude, Practice; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Diastolic blood pressure;Systolic blood pressure;Quality of life;Self-efficacy;Experience of patients and their families in the experimental group receiving the behavioural intervention;Experience of patients and their families in the experimental group receiving the behavioural intervention;Dyadic relationship;Caregiver burden; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYang Zulian
Guabgzhou First People‘s Hospital
Outcome results
None listed