Effect of Didactic Intervention Regarding (DASH) on Hypertension Clinical Trial
Official title:
Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences
Effect of Didactic intervention regarding Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) on Hypertensive Patients Blood Pressure, Knowledge and Attitude at a Tertiary Hospital of Lahore
Objective: To explore the effect of didactic intervention regarding dietary approach to stop
hypertension (DASH) on hypertensive patients blood pressure, knowledge and attitude.
Study Design: Randomized controlled trial Place and Duration of Study: Punjab Institute of
Cardiology (PIC) Lahore. From June 2018 to Oct 2018.
Methodology: Seventy volunteers aged 20-60 years attending regularly outpatient department at
Punjab institute of cardiology Lahore, with systolic > 130 mm hg, diastolic > 80 mm hg were
selected and assigned into 2 groups, i.e. Intervention and control, by simple random lottery
method. For twelve weeks, only intervention group were given DASH education. Both groups were
checked for DASH knowledge, attitude, and systolic diastolic blood pressure, before and after
education session. Pre-tested questionnaire was used for demographic, attitude and knowledge
data collection.
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