To Investigate the Relationship Between the Adherence of HHEP After ISTIA and Stroke Recurrence or Cardiovascular Events. Clinical Trial
Patients with a diagnosis of ischemic stroke or TIA (ISTIA), who are treated at hospital are
asked to participate in our pre specified hypertension health education protocol (HHEP)
after discharge from our hospital.HHEP was used as secondary prevention treatments of stroke
and cardiovascular diseases.
HHEP consists of several items such as controlling the patient's hypertension level,
monitoring the adherece of antihypertensive agents, reducing risk factors of hytertension
like tobacco smoking, obesity, and motivating the patient to physical activity and to a
healthy diet.
Patients will receive visits by a study nurse with the aim of supervising, monitoring, and
recording the adherence of HHEP. The patients will be classified as different adherence
level at the end of the study according to their adherence condition.
This study is aimed at testing the hypothesis that controlling hypertension and its risk
factors was more effective than those do not receive HHEP in reducing the recurrence of
stroke and cardiovascular diseases.
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Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention