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

NCT02249494 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2015-03-19

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

Interventions

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.

OTHER

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erno Harzheim, doctor · Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2015-01-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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