A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Salt Intake Among Hypertensive Young Adults in Hong Kong

Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Salt Intake Among Hypertensive Young Adults in Hong Kong

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02920437
• Other study ID #: UW 16-280
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2016
• Est. completion date: October 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2019
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A pilot randomized controlled trial will be conducted to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a salt intake reduction intervention to young hypertension patients in Hong Kong who had high salt intake.

Description:

Convenience sample will be recruited from the community in Hong Kong through different channels of promotion.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 19
• Est. completion date: October 2017
• Est. primary completion date: October 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 44 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• i) adults aged 18 to 44

• ii) diagnosed hypertension or borderline hypertension

• iii) complete collection of 24-hour urine at baseline

• iv) 24-hour urinary sodium excretion above 2000mg at baseline

• v) can communicate in Cantonese

Exclusion Criteria:

• i) renal illnesses;

• ii) taking diuretics;

• iii) taking RAS blockers;

• iv) attending or planning to attend new hypertension education programme or salt intake reduction programme during the study period.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hypertension

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Four-week weekly intervention to reduce salt intake
The intervention group will receive a four-week weekly intervention, about 15 minutes each. Two sessions will be face-to-face and two sessions will be on the phone. The participants will be informed of their 24-hour urinary sodium excretion at each measurement time once available.

Other:
• Usual government pamphlets
The control group will receive usual government pamphlets when they know their 24-hour urinary sodium excretion at baseline. However, they will not be informed of their follow-up urinary sodium excretion results immediately.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	24-hour urinary sodium excretion	Difference between the intervention and control group in the change in 24-hour urinary sodium excretion from baseline to the end of follow-up	10-Week
Secondary	Health literacy on low salt intake	Difference between the intervention and control group in the change in health literacy on low salt intake measured with the validated Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Low Salt Consumption (CHLSalt-HK)	10-Week