A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Salt Intake Among Hypertensive Young Adults in Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Behavioral: Four-week weekly intervention to reduce salt intake; Other: Usual government pamphlets

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02920437

UW 16-280

Details and patient eligibility

About

A pilot randomized controlled trial will be conducted to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a salt intake reduction intervention to young hypertension patients in Hong Kong who had high salt intake.

Full description

Convenience sample will be recruited from the community in Hong Kong through different channels of promotion.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 44 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• i) adults aged 18 to 44
• ii) diagnosed hypertension or borderline hypertension
• iii) complete collection of 24-hour urine at baseline
• iv) 24-hour urinary sodium excretion above 2000mg at baseline
• v) can communicate in Cantonese

Exclusion criteria

• i) renal illnesses;
• ii) taking diuretics;
• iii) taking RAS blockers;
• iv) attending or planning to attend new hypertension education programme or salt intake reduction programme during the study period.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Four-week weekly intervention to reduce salt intake.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Four-week weekly intervention to reduce salt intake

Control group

Other group

Description:

Usual government pamphlets.

Treatment:

Other: Usual government pamphlets