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Ashgrove Research Practice University of Edinburgh |
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Information provided by: | Ashgrove Research Practice |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00148434 |
While patient held guidelines for the management of chronic diseases have been employed in some countries. There is little evidence of their effectiveness in improving patient outcomes. We hypothesised that a patient held guideline on the management of hypertension combined with a specific exhortation to patients to challenge their medical care where the guidelines did not appear to have been applied would improve blood pressure control, lower average blood pressure, lower average cholesterol, increase the appropriate use of statins and aspirin, and have no impact on patient anxiety. Patients were randomised to the guideline or to standard hypertension information. Measures of anxiety were taken at baseline 2 weeks and one year, blood pressure and cholesterol was measured at one year and case notes examined to determine appropriate statin and aspirin usage.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Hypertension |
Behavioral: Patient-held guideline for hypertension |
Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Randomized, Single Blind, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Impact on Blood Pressure Control of Empowering Patients to Become Involved in Their Own Blood Pressure Management. |
Estimated Enrollment: | 300 |
Study Start Date: | January 2002 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | March 2003 |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United Kingdom | |
Ashgrove Health Centre | |
Blackburn West Lothian, United Kingdom, EH47 7LL |
Principal Investigator: | Brian McKinstry, MD | University of Edinburgh |
Study ID Numbers: | OOB/3/19/F25, OOB/3/19/F25 CSO |
Study First Received: | September 7, 2005 |
Last Updated: | September 26, 2005 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00148434 |
Health Authority: | Scotland: Scottish Executive Health Department |
hypertension guidelines patient empowerment anxiety |
Vascular Diseases Hypertension |
Cardiovascular Diseases |