Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences

Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad

Status

Completed

Conditions

Effect of Didactic Intervention Regarding (DASH) on Hypertension

Treatments

Other: DASH Education

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03800498

SIHS

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment

70 patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No 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.