Effects of a Comprehensive Intervention on Blood Pressure Control in a Primary Care Setting

N/ACompletedNCT01915199

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare144 enrolled

Overview

The implementation of lifestyle modifications, home blood pressure (BP) measurement, and optimization of antihypertensive drug therapy have been shown to improve BP control in tightly controlled research settings. The investigators objective is to determine the effect of these interventions in a primary care setting, with the family practitioners and nurses serving as the interventionists. The investigaotrs hypothesis is that a comprehensive intervention performed in a primary care setting would lead to better blood pressure control.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

144

Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

Intensive CareOTHER

Comprehensive intervention on hypertension through optimization of drug therapy, introduction of home blood pressure monitoring, and lifestyle guidance

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 35 YearsMax age: 74 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 35-74 years * Untreated office blood pressure of ≥ 160/100 mmHg or on active antihypertensive treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe psychiatric or neurologic illnesses * Heart failure (ejection fraction \< 40% or previous hospitalization for heart failure) * Hemodynamically significant valvular disease * Unstable coronary heart disease * Chronic kidney disease (proteinuria \> 1 g/l or a serum creatinine concentration \> 160 mmol/l)

Locations (1)

Population Studies Unit

Turku, Finland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Office Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure

Time frame: Baseline and at 12 Months.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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