NCT05966597

Written Behavioural Persuasion Technique Intervention for Hypertension Management

Effectiveness of Written Behavioural Persuasion Technique Intervention for Hypertension Management Among The Untreated Hypertension Population of The Community Observatory in Segamat, Johor: a 2-arm Randomised Controlled Trial Within Cohort

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 893 (actual)
• Sponsor: Monash University Malaysia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of written behavioural persuasion techniques intervention to encourage treatment initiation and follow-up for hypertension management among the untreated hypertension population of the SEACO cohort.

Detailed description

Each household is given a unique identifier called house\_id in the SEACO database. The randomisation will be computer-generated according to their house\_id with a ratio of 1:1. During the house visit, participants' blood pressure will be taken three times, and the final reading will be the average of the second and third readings. Participants will be assessed based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, i.e., age 35 years and above, blood pressure reading and reported not being diagnosed with or treated for hypertension. At the end of the house visit, all participants will receive a standard referral leaflet, and participants randomised to the intervention group will receive an additional written behavioural persuasion leaflet.

Conditions

• Hypertension
• Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Written persuasive leaflet	Additional written behavioural persuasive technique leaflet and a standard referral leaflet provided at the end of the home-based health screening.
BEHAVIORAL	Standard referral leaflet	Standard referral leaflet provided at the end of the home-based health screening.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-14
• Primary completion: 2024-07-31
• Completion: 2024-07-31
• First posted: 2023-07-28
• Last updated: 2025-05-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia