NCT00702312

A Bengali Dietary Salt Study to Control Blood Pressure

A Multi-method Study of a Low-salt Dietary Approach to Control Blood Pressure in the Bangladeshi Chronic Kidney Disease Population.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: Barts & The London NHS Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the benefits of using low-salt and healthy eating educational programme, designed specifically for Bangladeshi kidney patients, compared to the usual diet advice given by the clinic dietitians.

Detailed description

We conducted an exploratory study initially to learn about the East London Bangladeshi (ELB) kidney patients salt intake. Furthermore, we assessed their educational needs to inform the development and implementation of an educational programme to reduce dietary salt intake in line with the Department of Health recommendations for a good blood pressure control. The educational programme will be tested in a randomized controlled trial. We are interested in salt because studies have shown that salt is one of the causes of high blood pressure. Scientific studies have also shown that the longer a person has high blood pressure the more the damage to the kidneys.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Low-salt educational programme	Subjects will attend a health promotion cooking programme and receive written tailored low-salt Bengali educational tool. This tool has been developed specifically for this population group from Phase 1 and 2 study.
BEHAVIORAL	Low-salt Bangladeshi educational programme	A multi-component low-salt educational programme tailored to the Bangladeshi kidney disease patients delivered in the community.
BEHAVIORAL	Low-salt Bangladeshi educational programme	A multi-component Low-salt educational programme tailored to the Bangladeshi kidney disease patients residents in Tower Hamlets delivered over 5 months.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2009-04-01
• Completion: 2009-07-01
• First posted: 2008-06-20
• Last updated: 2009-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom