| Scientific Title of Trial | Development and testing program for opportunistic screening for blood pressure and its management in a district hospital setting using the total risk approach | |
| Public Title of Trial (in lay language) | Development and testing program for opportunistic screening for blood pressure and its management in a district hospital setting using the total risk approach | |
| Acronym, if any | None | |
| Brief title, if any | None | |
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other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authoruty, if any (eg. sponsor, other trial registry) |
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| Disease or Health Condition(s) studied | Hypertension management | |
| What is the research question being addressed? | Feasibility of a opportunistic screening for blood pressure and its management using the total risk approach ? | |
| Study design | Community intervention study | |
| Intervention(s) planned | Selected district hospitals will be randomly allocated to two groups and one will receive training of doctors of opportunistic screening for blood pressure and its management using the total risk approach the control arm - the patients diagnosed with high blood pressure will be management using conventional treatment | |
| Inclusion criteria | Patients above 40 years with high blood pressure | |
| Exclusion criteria | 1.Under 40 years of age 2.Refusal of consent | |
| Target number / sample size | 280 | |
| Primary outcome(s) | •Improvement in the proportion of opportunistic screening for blood pressure of patients above 40 years •absolute reduction of systolic and diastolic pressure | |
| Primary outcome(s) - time of assessment(s) | ||
| Secondary outcome(s) | •Proportion of patients with changes in selected risk factors - smoking , body weight, physical activity, "heart healthy" diet •Reduction in risk category | |
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| Countries of recruitment | Sri Lanka | |
| Anticipated start date | 01/01/2007 | |
| Anticipated end date | 31/12/2008 | |
| Recruitment status | Completed | |
| State of ethics review approval | Ethical approval obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo | |
| Funding source(s) | Epidemiological unit | |
| Applicant's Email | lakminn@sltnet.lk | |
| Approval Status | Approved | |
| Contact Person for Scientific Queries / Principal investigator | Dr. Lakmini Magodaratna
Medical Officer National Dengue Control Unit, No.5/555, Alvitigala Mawatha, Colombo 05 2368416, 0779-664320 2368416 ndcu1@sltnet.lk |
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| Primary Study Sponsor/ Organization | Epidemiological Unit
231, De Saram Place, Colombo 8 2681548, 2695112 2696583 chepid@sltnet.lk, epidunit@sltnet.lk |
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| Contact Person for Public Queries | Dr. Lakmini Magodaratna Medical Officer National Dengue Control Unit, No.5/555, Alvitigala Mawatha, Colombo 05 2368416, 0779-664320 2368416 lakminn@sltnet.lk |
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| Secondary Study Sponsor(s), (if any) | None |
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