Hypertension
Conditions
Brief summary
The proposed pilot community-based research project will examine the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of the Storytelling intervention compared with usual care in hypertension control among rural residents in 4 communities in Vietnam. This is a major clinical and public health problem in this developing country.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALStorytelling
The intervention will center on stories about living with hypertension, with patients speaking in their own words.
Sponsors
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Institute of Population, Health and Development, Vietnam
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Consenting adult men and women must fulfill each of the following criteria: 1. be a resident of the selected commune; 2. be aged 50 years or older; 3. have a diagnosis of hypertension according to the 7th Joint National Commission of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) 4. not be cognitively impaired (as assessed by study physicians) 5. not be a story teller used to develop the intervention; 6. not be a family member of another participant in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| recruitment rate | 3 months |
| retention rate | 1 year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blood pressure | 3 months after randomization | systolic and diastolic BP and the proportion of participants with controlled BP defined as in JNC-8 |
Countries
Vietnam
Outcome results
None listed