Hypertension Circulatory System
Conditions
Interventions
All physicians in all groups participated in a one day training session on hypertension self-management skills, communication skills with patients with hypertension through telephone counselling and h
Sponsors
Griffith University (Australia)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subjects were enrolled if one of the following inclusion criteria were fulfilled: 1. had blood pressure more than 140/90 2. had family of hypertension 3. they were registered in the community medical centre, not staying in the hospitals
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People with hypertension who had the following conditions were excluded from the study: 1. People who had severe neurological and psychiatric diseases, serious complications and comorbidities such as stroke and diabetes, cancer, and had chemotherapy in the last six months 2. Aged less than 35 years 3. People who did not want to comply to the program protocol 4. People attending other intervention programs, and/or having physical limitations to prohibit them to attend the regular activities.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Blood pressure | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. A structured questionnaire with 17 questions covering common risk factors was administered to test the participants knowledge, awareness, hypertension control and management. Hypertension knowledge questions included patients knowledge of exercise, salt intake, blood pressure level, smoking and stress. 2. Health behavior questions included smoking, alcohol intake, exercise, fruit and vegetable intake. 3. Hypertension management including medication compliance, and blood pressure monitoring and control and regulation through exercise, psychological stress management, and medication. 1.Hypertension knowledge was developed for this study to be appropriate to rural area patient?s level of understanding in China. The hypertension knowledge questions consisted of nine questions including awareness of hypertension diagnosis criteria, understanding causes of hypertension relating to healthy diet and less salt intake, moderate exercise level, anger control, and medication adherence. The structure of the questions and validity were analysed by confirmatory factor analysis. The overall structure of the questions had a good modle fit. 2. Health behavior scale consists of four questions including smoking, alcohol, diet and salt control, and exercise after confirmation factor analysis was conducted. The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrates that the four questions have a good model fit with fit indices are within the acceptable range. 3. Control and management of high blood pressure methods: weekly monitoring blood pressure, medication use, exercise and diet control. | — |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed