Health Education Using Text Messaging Prevents Hypertension in High Risk People
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interventional
600
1 country
2
Brief Summary
Prehypertension is a predisposing condition for morbidity inhypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Health education via electronic pathways such as mobile text messaging or virtual communities may provide more availability and adherence than printed media. Regarding lower costs of such electronic resources and continuity of interventions through these ways, assessing their effectiveness compared to a printed material may help health educators to choose proper methods for improve their educational attempts. Therefore, the current study aims to compare different tools for health education about healthy lifestyle in people with prehypertension. For this, educational interventions with similar content among 3 groups of people will be conducted (i.e., first group via mobile text messaging, second group using virtual communities, and third group by brochures as a printed media). A control group also will be considered without any intervention. Several phases are considered in the study. In phase 1 using health centers located in Qazvin city, people would be invited to a free screening program of prehypertension. Then, an eligible sample will be divided in three groups using a random allocation process (each one including 100-150 people with prehypertension). The blood pressure and health promotion lifestyle profile II (HPLP II) will be measured before intervention. A standard educational content using approaches of lifestyle promotion defined in HPLP II would be available for intervention groups during a time period of 1 month concurrently. At final phase, one month after termination of intervention blood pressure as primary outcome and lifestyle changes along with self-efficacy for lifestyle modification as secondary outcomes will be measured. This study may suggest effective ways for health education which is applicable by health care professionals to promote health status among peopleat risk of hypertension.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable hypertension
Started Aug 2015
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable hypertension
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
August 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 27, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 16, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2015
CompletedSeptember 16, 2015
September 1, 2015
4 months
August 27, 2015
September 15, 2015
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Blood pressure
Changes from baseline and 1 Months after the intervention
Secondary Outcomes (3)
changes in self-reported physical activity
Changes from baseline and 1 Months after the intervention
Changes in self-reported healthy eating
Changes from baseline and 1 Months after the intervention
Changes in self-reported Self-efficacy
Changes from baseline and 1 Months after the intervention
Study Arms (4)
mobile text messaging
EXPERIMENTALPatients will receive some SMS in a regular interval.
virtual communities
EXPERIMENTALPatients will receive some messages by a virtual community in a regular interval.
brochures
EXPERIMENTALPatients will receive some messages by as a printed media
Control
ACTIVE COMPARATORcontrol group will be included without any intervention
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- be \>18 years
- have a diagnosis of prehypertension based on definition
- own a cell phone capable of receiving and sending text messages
- be a member of virtual communities
- Persian speaking
- willing to attend two data collection visits in Qazvin
You may not qualify if:
- admits to planning to terminate cell phone contract or excite form virtual communities during the next one month
- education less than primary school
- other major health problems (e.g., terminal stage of cancer, advanced liver disease)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (2)
22 Bahman Hospital
Qazvin, Qazvin Province, 3419759811, Iran
Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Rajaei Hospital
Qazvin, Qazvin Province, Iran
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- ِDirector of SDH center
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 27, 2015
First Posted
September 16, 2015
Study Start
August 1, 2015
Primary Completion
December 1, 2015
Study Completion
December 1, 2015
Last Updated
September 16, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-09