NCT01910935

Effectiveness of Physical Activity Prescription Among Hypertensive Patients of Primary Health Care.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 224 (actual)
• Sponsor: Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a program to increase the physical activity of hypertensive patients using medical services and sports facilities of the Mexican Social Security Institute. The primary hypothesis to be proven is: The intervention will increase the proportion of hypertensive patients complying the physical activity minimum at week to get benefits on health in 20%, compare to patients in control group.

Detailed description

Secondary Hypothesis: The intervention achieved a significant change in the group of hypertensive patients in the following variables: 1. Decreased levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, biochemical markers such as total cholesterol, triglycerides and fasting blood glucose and increased HDL cholesterol. 2. Increase muscular endurance and cardio-respiratory capacity according to the categories of risk stratification. 3. Decreased body weight, body mass index and waist circumference.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Physical activity prescription to develop program in group.	Overall the intervention involves a medical reference in primary care (PHC) to hypertensive patients (during routine consultation) to assist the sports facilities of the same Institute, to develop a group program of physical activity which will last 24 weeks. Led by the trained staff in physical activity to patients with chronic diseases.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-02-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2013-07-30
• Last updated: 2014-06-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Mexico