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Awareness Development and Usage of mHealth Technology Among Hypertensive Patients in a Rural Community of Bangladesh

NCT03614104 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 420

Last updated 2019-12-11

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Summary

To develop awareness, enhance knowledge, attitude and make behavioral changes by using health education and mHealth technology among hypertensive patients in a rural community of Bangladesh, A Randomized Controlled Trial will be conducted in a rural community around Kumudini Women's Medical College and Hospital, Mirzapur, Bangladesh, intervention period will be consecutive 5 months and 210 in each group (total 420). Face to face interviews will be conducted to develop awareness among hypertensive individuals as part of the provision of improved health care services. The face to face interview will take place at Kumudini Hospital or in the community. Face to face interviews will help to understand the individuals' perceptions, attitudes, and practices associated with compliance to treatment and behavior change. Additionally, the study will identify major barriers related to hypertension associated with healthcare-seeking behaviors. Subjects will be diagnosed cases of hypertension. The selection criteria would be: individuals aged 35 years and more, have at least 1-5 years of schooling, who are open and can exchange their views freely as well as who can be asked in-depth and probing questions. Moreover, specimens will be collected to examine for serum total cholesterol, random blood sugar, urinary salinity, and urinary protein. Physical measurements like height in meter, weight in kg, MUAC in millimeter, hip and waist ratio will be performed from the day of enrollment till the end of follow up. If the participant agrees to participate, they will be asked questions about their lifestyle, present health status, and socio-demographic characteristics. The interview will around 30 minutes of their time, measurement of nutritional status (height, weight, MUAC, hip circumference, and waist circumference), and specimen collection for laboratory tests (blood and urine) will take another 30 minutes. Initially, the follow-up visits will be twice a month then once a month up to 4 consecutive months. Interviews will be conducted in the Kumudini Women's Medical College and Hospital. The data will be securely stored in a locked room. Data will be processed and analyzed by using the statistical software packages SPSS for Windows version 21.0 and Epi Info version 6.0. Statistical significance will be defined as p\<0.05.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mobile Health Technology (short message service)

Health education through mobile technology with Short Message Service (SMS)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hiroshima University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yasmin Jahan · Hiroshima University

  • Michiko Moriyama · Hiroshima University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-12
Primary Completion
2019-07-23
Completion
2019-07-23

Countries

  • Bangladesh

Study Locations

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