A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Salt Intake Among Hypertensive Young Adults in Hong Kong

N/ATerminatedNCT02920437

The University of Hong Kong19 enrolled

Overview

A pilot randomized controlled trial will be conducted to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a salt intake reduction intervention to young hypertension patients in Hong Kong who had high salt intake.

Convenience sample will be recruited from the community in Hong Kong through different channels of promotion.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

Four-week weekly intervention to reduce salt intakeBEHAVIORAL

The intervention group will receive a four-week weekly intervention, about 15 minutes each. Two sessions will be face-to-face and two sessions will be on the phone. The participants will be informed of their 24-hour urinary sodium excretion at each measurement time once available.

Usual government pamphletsOTHER

The control group will receive usual government pamphlets when they know their 24-hour urinary sodium excretion at baseline. However, they will not be informed of their follow-up urinary sodium excretion results immediately.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 44 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * i) adults aged 18 to 44 * ii) diagnosed hypertension or borderline hypertension * iii) complete collection of 24-hour urine at baseline * iv) 24-hour urinary sodium excretion above 2000mg at baseline * v) can communicate in Cantonese Exclusion Criteria: * i) renal illnesses; * ii) taking diuretics; * iii) taking RAS blockers; * iv) attending or planning to attend new hypertension education programme or salt intake reduction programme during the study period.

Locations (1)

School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

24-hour urinary sodium excretion

Difference between the intervention and control group in the change in 24-hour urinary sodium excretion from baseline to the end of follow-up

Time frame: 10-Week

Secondary Outcomes

Health literacy on low salt intake

Difference between the intervention and control group in the change in health literacy on low salt intake measured with the validated Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Low Salt Consumption (CHLSalt-HK)

Time frame: 10-Week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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