The effect of a nutrition education intervention based on the dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet pattern on blood pressure among adults with mild-to-moderate hypertension in Asesewa, Ghana

Can a nutrition education intervention based on the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet pattern in addition to the standard of care have a greater blood pressure lowering effect than the standard of care alone among adults diagnosed with hypertension in Asesewa, Ghana?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN85037713

Enrollment

100

Registered

2016-06-07

Start date

2015-03-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Hypertension Circulatory System Hypertensive diseases

Interventions

A total of 100 adults newly diagnosed with high blood pressure (defined as Systolic Blood Pressure [SBP] >140 and Diastolic Blood Pressure [DBP] >90 mmHG) at the Asesewa Government Hospital will be ra

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults = 25 years 2. Newly diagnosed, or previously diagnosed but not currently on treatment, as having high blood pressure (HBP) (defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) reading of greater than 140 mmHg and or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) >90 mgHg) through the hospital-based screening at the Asesewa Government Hospital during a 4-month participant recruitment period 3. Willing to participate and provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Persons with heart disease, diabetes mellitus, or diabetes requiring insulin 2. Persons with special dietary requirements 3. Persons unwilling to make dietary modifications

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Mean change in blood pressure from enrolment to the end of the study will be compared between the control and intervention groups controlling for background socio-demographic, and anthropometric characteristics and baseline values.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Data were collected at 5 time points corresponding to : baseline (time or enrolment into the study); visit 1 (2 weeks post enrolment); visit 2 (4 weeks post enrolment); visit 3 (6 weeks post enrolment); visit 4 (9 weeks post enrolment): and visit 5 (12 weeks post enrolment) 1. Blood pressure taken with a digital blood pressure monitor at enrolment and each visit subsequently 2. Sociodemographic characteristics: semi-structured, pre-coded questionnaire administered at baseline (enrolment) 3. Dietary assessment: using 24-hour dietary recall method and 7-day food frequency questionnaire. Data collected at baseline and 12 weeks post enrolment 4. Anthropometric measurements: height (taken at baseline) and weight and visceral fat % (taken at baseline and every visit) measured with a digital weighing scale.	—

Measure

Time frame

Data were collected at 5 time points corresponding to : baseline (time or enrolment into the study); visit 1 (2 weeks post enrolment); visit 2 (4 weeks post enrolment); visit 3 (6 weeks post enrolment); visit 4 (9 weeks post enrolment): and visit 5 (12 weeks post enrolment) 1. Blood pressure taken with a digital blood pressure monitor at enrolment and each visit subsequently 2. Sociodemographic characteristics: semi-structured, pre-coded questionnaire administered at baseline (enrolment) 3. Dietary assessment: using 24-hour dietary recall method and 7-day food frequency questionnaire. Data collected at baseline and 12 weeks post enrolment 4. Anthropometric measurements: height (taken at baseline) and weight and visceral fat % (taken at baseline and every visit) measured with a digital weighing scale.

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Countries

Ghana

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026