Awareness Program on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Hypertensive Crisis

Riphah International University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Other: Hypertension Crisis Awareness Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06986746

Rec/ 02053 Kainat Gul

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effect of planned awareness program on knowledge regarding prevention of hypertensive crisis in hypertensive patients. Current literature is mainly on hypertension (HTN) control limited accessible studies on hypertension crises but these studies lack the detailed awareness program regarding prevention of hypertension crisis in diagnosed hypertension patients.

Full description

Hypertension crisis(elevation of BP to 180/110mmHg or greater) is the very extreme form of poorly controlled hypertension that can develop in individuals with known pre-existing HTN and in patients who are not aware that they have hypertension.

Enrollment: 35 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed hypertensive patients

Exclusion criteria

• Language barrier
• Not willing to participate
• Unable to understand teaching program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 1 patient group

Hypertension Crisis Awareness Program

Experimental group

Description:

Education materials-consist of description about hypertension crisis, symptoms, causes and preventive measures (emphasizing on healthy lifestyle and physical activity) with pictorial presentation.

Treatment:

Other: Hypertension Crisis Awareness Program