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Effects of a Comprehensive Intervention on Blood Pressure Control in a Primary Care Setting

NCT01915199 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 144

Last updated 2014-01-16

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Summary

The implementation of lifestyle modifications, home blood pressure (BP) measurement, and optimization of antihypertensive drug therapy have been shown to improve BP control in tightly controlled research settings. The investigators objective is to determine the effect of these interventions in a primary care setting, with the family practitioners and nurses serving as the interventionists. The investigaotrs hypothesis is that a comprehensive intervention performed in a primary care setting would lead to better blood pressure control.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Intensive Care

Comprehensive intervention on hypertension through optimization of drug therapy, introduction of home blood pressure monitoring, and lifestyle guidance

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • City of Turku

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Social Insurance Institution, Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Antti Jula, MD · Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

  • Teemu Niiranen, MD · Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-10-31
Primary Completion
2002-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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