Mobile Application to Improve Nutritional Counseling Provided by Primary Care Physicians for Hypertension.

Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

Nutritional Recommendations for Hypertension: Development of Mobile Application for Improve Knowledge in Lifestyle Modification for Primary Care Physicians

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02249494
• Other study ID #: 14-0258
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 23, 2014
• Last updated: March 18, 2015
• Start date: October 2014
• Est. completion date: January 2015

Study information

• Verified date: March 2015
• Source: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of a mobile app could improve knowledge and practice in nutrition counseling performed by primary care physicians in Brazil.

Description:

To optimize the nutritional care in the context of the limitations of available time and knowledge in medical practice, the present study proposes to develop a tool of nutritional guidelines for hypertension, easily accessible, based on evidence, and then evaluate its use among primary care physicians registered in a center telehealth. The use of the mobile application tool will aim to improve the nutritional counseling, helping with prevention of other chronic diseases in primary care context.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 110
• Est. completion date: January 2015
• Est. primary completion date: December 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• primary care physicians registered in TelessaúdeRS (Center for Telehealth)

• primary care physicians who use smartphone or tablet

Exclusion Criteria:

• not to work in primary care

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hypertension

Intervention

Other:
• telehealth
Use the call service offered by the Center for Telehealth Rio Grande do Sul to answer clinic questions with qualified staff and in real time. All physicians who work in Primary Health Care in Brazil can call when they have questions about diagnosis and management of their patients.
• nutritional counseling
Performing routine nutritional counseling in their clinical practice

Device:
• smartphone (mobile app)
Mobile app, designed to provide nutritional recommendations for hypertensive patients, will be use. The recommendations will be based on the DASH diet guidelines appropriate to the patient profile: consumption of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, milk or low fat dairy products, lean meats, poultry and fish, nuts, seeds and legumes, amount of fats, oils and sweets, as well as guidelines for salt intake and alcohol.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Núcleo de Telessaúde Técnico-Científico do Rio Grande do Sul. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in score of knowledge and ability related to nutritional care.	For each correct answer, participant will get one point on the knowledge test and for each incorrect answer will get 0. Thus, possible scores will range from 69 to 0. Data based on questions about the abilities will be summarized in a qualitative ranking.	30 days	No