NCT03800498

Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Effect of Didactic Intervention Regarding (DASH) on Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	DASH Education	DASH health education about general knowledge of DASH diet Plan and lifestyle modification

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-10
• Primary completion: 2018-09-10
• Completion: 2018-10-10
• First posted: 2019-01-11
• Last updated: 2019-01-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan