Effects of a Structured Education Program on Blood Pressure in Essential Hypertensive Patients - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Medical University of Graz Federal Government of Styria, Austria
Information provided by:	Medical University of Graz
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00453037

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a structured educational program for hypertensive patients. The program was developed at the University of Dusseldorf, Germany. The contents of the program are as follows: teaching of the background of hypertension, techniques of self estimation of blood pressure, life style and dietary habits, some information concerning the different pharmacological properties to treat hypertension

Condition	Intervention
Hypertension	Behavioral: structured educational program

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Effects of a Structured Education Program on Blood Pressure in Essential Hypertensive Patients and Effects of a Reminder Program for Physicians to Guide Optimal Therapy

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: High Blood Pressure

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Medical University of Graz:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Blood pressure at 6 and 12 months of follow up following the educational process [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

morbidity on different cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	450
Study Start Date:	March 2007
Estimated Study Completion Date:	July 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: Active Comparator early educational intervention should be proved to lead to better control of blood pressure. We try to show, if there is an independent effect of educational programs despite optimal management by the GP for further details please see brief description section	Behavioral: structured educational program structured education and evaluation of hypertensive patients in a design similar to the DAFNE study design. Behavioural intervention follows the Dusseldorf-educational program
delayed education delayed educational intervention for further details please see brief description section	Behavioral: structured educational program structured education and evaluation of hypertensive patients in a design similar to the DAFNE study design. Behavioural intervention follows the Dusseldorf-educational program

Detailed Description:

see brief description section

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 85 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Intellectual and physical ability to attend teaching program,
Capability to do and document blood pressure self-measurement,
Systolic blood pressure >160 and/or diastolic blood pressure >95 mmHg,
At least 3 months of preexisting medicamentous anti-hypertensive treatment,
15% or higher risc in New Zealand Risc Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

Failing inclusion criteria

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00453037

Contacts

Contact: Robert Zweiker, MD	+43 316 385 ext 2544	robert.zweiker@meduni-graz.at
Contact: sabine perl, MD	+43 316 385 ext 2544	sabine.perl@medunigraz.at

Locations

Austria, Styria
Medical University Graz	Recruiting
Graz, Styria, Austria, A-8036
Principal Investigator: Zweiker Robert, MD

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical University of Graz

Federal Government of Styria, Austria

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Robert Zweiker, MD AssocProf	Medical University Graz Dep of Internal Medicine; Div of Cardiology
Principal Investigator:	Thomas R Pieber, MD AssocProf	Medical University Graz Dept of Internal Medicine Div of Diabetology

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Dept of Cardiology ( Medical University of Graz )
Study ID Numbers:	17019ex05-06
Study First Received:	March 27, 2007
Last Updated:	June 15, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00453037 History of Changes
Health Authority:	Austria: Ethikkommission

Keywords provided by Medical University of Graz:

hypertension
self measurement of blood pressure
education program
life style

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Vascular Diseases
Hypertension

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Hypertension

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 10, 2009