Effect of Structured Education to Decrease Blood Pressure for Hypertension in Elderly

Universitas Indonesia188 enrolled

Overview

There is a structured educational effect on blood pressure reduction in elderly hypertensive patients.

Eligibility criteria are men and women over 60 years old and available to participate in the study for 3 months with blood pressure higher than 140/90. Exclusion criteria are severe dementia, malignant hypertension, depression Outcome measures are systolic and diastolic blood pressure after 3 months administration of structured education once a month.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

188

Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

Structured educationOTHER

Formatted education about hypertension

ChecklistOTHER

Without structure education with checklistOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Subject with age more than 60 years * Blood pressure higher than 140/90 Exclusion Criteria: * Severe Dementia * Depression * Malignant Hypertension

Locations (1)

Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital Recruiting

Jakarta, Indonesia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Systolic blood pressure

We aim to measure the difference in systolic blood pressure after 3 months administration structured education in elderly with hypertension

Time frame: 3 Months

Secondary Outcomes

Diastolic blood pressure

We measure the difference of diastolic blood pressure after 3 Months administration of structured education in elderly with hypertension

Time frame: 3 Months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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