Knowledge on Preventive Measures of Hypertension

Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

Knowledge on Preventive Measures of Hypertension: An Interventional Study Among Senior High School Students, Kenyase - Ghana

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04554017
• Other study ID #: DOS/VOL.2/01/2020/01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 15, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 22, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: Garden City University College
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Hypertension among children and adolescents is on the rise in both developed and developing countries. Childhood and adolescent obesity, a key factor for hypertension in this population results largely from unhealthy dietary and physical inactivity behaviours. Adequate knowledge, a component for behavior change, has been found to be crucial to improving one's confidence to tackle these improper behaviours. Despite this, there are gaps in knowledge on hypertension and its risks factors in Ghanaian adolescents. Using an educational intervention (health talk), the study therefore sought to improve knowledge on preventive measures of hypertension among senior high school students in Ghana.

Description:

A pre-post interventional study using health talks was carried out among 345 adolescents aged 13 to 20 years. Participants included both male and female students aged 13 to 20 years. Owing to the large number, the students were divided into two groups. The Pre-test was then administered. Following this, two health education sessions were delivered by two registered nurses for each session. A week after these health talks, the research team went back to the school to collect data for the post-intervention. Questionnaires used for both pre and post assessment collected data on demographic factors and knowledge on dietary and physical activity behaviours linked to hypertension.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 345
• Est. completion date: March 22, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: March 22, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years to 20 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants who gave consent

• Minors with parental or guardian assent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants already living with hypertension

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hypertension

Intervention

Other:
• Education/Training
It consisted of a brief overview of hypertension, risk factors, complications and much emphasis placed on the preventive measures (what they include and why it is necessary to practice them).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Ghana	Isaac Nkrumah	Kumasi

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Garden City University College

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Ghana, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in participants knowledge on the preventives measures of hypertension using the mean scores	Close ended questionnaire was used to assess participants' knowledge on dietary practices and physical activity related to prevention of hypertension. The same questions were administered both pre- and post-assessment	1 week
Secondary	Association between the demographic characteristics and impact of the educational intervention on adolescents' knowledge on the preventive measures was measured using logistic regression analysis	In order to determine the association between the demographic characteristics and the impact of education on student's knowledge, the mean change in knowledge was categorize into two: <50% impact and =50%. Significance was set at p-value < 0.05.	1 week