Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension With Sodium (Na) Reduction for Chinese Canadians

NCT02579746 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: UofT30496
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The study examined the feasibility of the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension with Sodium (Na) Reduction for Chinese Canadian (DASHNa-CC) intervention and its potential effects on blood pressure, health-related quality of life, and health service utilization. Half of participants received usual care while the other half received the DASHNa-CC intervention.

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

hypertension; immigrant; dietary intervention; lifestyle modification

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• blood pressure

  systolic and diastolic blood pressure

  8 weeks post randomization

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• health related quality of life

  8 weeks post randomization

Study Arms (2)

intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group received usual care plus the DASHNa-CC intervention.

Behavioral: DASHNa-CC; Behavioral: usual care

control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group received usual care.

Behavioral: usual care

Interventions

DASHNa-CC BEHAVIORAL

The 8-week DASHNa-CC intervention incorporated Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, sodium reduction with the food therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and included an intervention manual, two sessions of classroom instruction delivered in Mandarin, and a 20-minute telephone follow-up.

intervention

usual care BEHAVIORAL

education booklet, encouragement of physician visit, use of public health resources if needed

control; intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 45 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• were at least 45 years old;
• had a systolic blood pressure 140 to 159 mmHg, or a diastolic blood pressure 90 to 99 mmHg, based on pre-intervention baseline assessment;
• were able to understand (listen) and speak in Mandarin, read and write in Chinese; and
• had access to a telephone.

You may not qualify if:

• used antihypertensive medications or other medications that raise or lower blood pressure during the previous three months;
• used TCM or professional TCM counselling to decrease blood pressure during the previous three months;
• used insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents during the previous three months;
• had a history of a cardiovascular event (stroke, myocardial infarction, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, coronary artery bypass surgery, or other arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease related therapeutic procedure) during the previous three months;
• had a history of congestive heart failure;
• had a cancer diagnosis or treatment during the past two years;
• had special dietary requirements;
• were pregnant, breast feeding, or planned for pregnancy prior to the anticipated end of study;
• were a household member of another DASHNa-CC participant; or
• planned to leave the area prior to the anticipated end of study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Toronto: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: RN PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 16, 2015
• First Posted: October 20, 2015
• Study Start: August 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2014
• Study Completion: August 1, 2015
• Last Updated: October 20, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-10