Effect of Structured Education to Decrease Blood Pressure for Hypertension in Elderly

University of Indonesia (UI)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Other: Checklist; Other: Without structure education with checklist; Other: Structured education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01834365

AKhomaini

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is a structured educational effect on blood pressure reduction in elderly hypertensive patients.

Full description

Eligibility criteria are men and women over 60 years old and available to participate in the study for 3 months with blood pressure higher than 140/90.

Exclusion criteria are severe dementia, malignant hypertension, depression

Outcome measures are systolic and diastolic blood pressure after 3 months administration of structured education once a month.

Enrollment: 188 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subject with age more than 60 years
• Blood pressure higher than 140/90

Exclusion criteria

• Severe Dementia
• Depression
• Malignant Hypertension

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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188 participants in 3 patient groups

Structured education & checklist

Experimental group

Description:

Formatted education and checklist every month for 3 months

Treatment:

Other: Structured education

Other: Checklist

Structured education

Active Comparator group

Description:

Formatted education every month for 3 months

Treatment:

Other: Structured education

Without Structured Education with checklist

Active Comparator group

Description:

No structured education with checklist

Treatment:

Other: Without structure education with checklist