NCT04336631

DCP3 Based Multi-component Intervention for Hypertension Management and Control

Implementation of DCP3 Strategies to Manage and Control Hypertension Among Hypertensive Patients in Pakistan: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 500 (actual)
• Sponsor: Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to enable delivery of a multi-component intervention comprising of strategies based on Disease Control Priorities 3rd edition for management of hypertension among hypertensive patients. The secondary objective is to test the feasibility, acceptability and adaptability of a multi-component intervention delivered at a tertiary level health-care facility in the cultural context of Pakistan. A formative research study was conducted before so as to develop and test the intervention in a tertiary care hospital setting. The investigators employed qualitative research methods to explore the feasibility, applicability, and acceptance of DCP3 based intervention comprising of strategies for hypertension management. Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with selected study participants were conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC/NIHD), Rawalpindi for which a prior written and verbal consent was obtained from all research participants. The study adhered to the ethical principles of involving human subjects in the research. All information provided by the participants was recorded and was kept strictly confidential.

Conditions

• Hypertension
• Hypertensive Patients

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention on DCP3 based strategies for Hypertension Management and Control	Intervention on DCP3 based strategies for Hypertension Management and Control was developed after formative research findings and evidence built on desk review which was conducted prior to implementation of the multi-componnet strategy. It was tested and implemented in a tertiary care hospital of cardiology among hypertensive patients visiting out-patient department in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-11-01
• Primary completion: 2020-01-01
• Completion: 2020-03-30
• First posted: 2020-04-07
• Last updated: 2020-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan