Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03800498

Enrollment

Registered

2019-01-11

Start date

2018-06-10

Completion date

2018-10-10

Last updated

2019-01-14

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Conditions

Effect of Didactic Intervention Regarding (DASH) on Hypertension

Brief summary

Effect of Didactic intervention regarding Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) on Hypertensive Patients Blood Pressure, Knowledge and Attitude at a Tertiary Hospital of Lahore

Detailed description

Objective: To explore the effect of didactic intervention regarding dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH) on hypertensive patients blood pressure, knowledge and attitude. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial Place and Duration of Study: Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) Lahore. From June 2018 to Oct 2018. Methodology: Seventy volunteers aged 20-60 years attending regularly outpatient department at Punjab institute of cardiology Lahore, with systolic \> 130 mm hg, diastolic \> 80 mm hg were selected and assigned into 2 groups, i.e. Intervention and control, by simple random lottery method. For twelve weeks, only intervention group were given DASH education. Both groups were checked for DASH knowledge, attitude, and systolic diastolic blood pressure, before and after education session. Pre-tested questionnaire was used for demographic, attitude and knowledge data collection.

Interventions

OTHERDASH Education

DASH health education about general knowledge of DASH diet Plan and lifestyle modification

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Hypertensive patient aged 20-60 years attending regularly at Punjab institute of cardiology outpatient department Lahore * systolic \> 130 mm hg * diastolic \> 80 mm hg.

Exclusion criteria

* Less than 20 years age * patient diagnosed with secondary hypertension * any mental and physical ailment that may interfere the intervention like deafness and blindness.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pre-tested questionnaire was used	1 month	10 knowledge questions were asked with minimum score 0 and maximum 10. Attitude assessment consisted of 4 questions and score range was 0-4.

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026