National Blood Pressure Screening in Children to Improve Paediatric Healthcare in South Africa

Summary

The Childhood Hypertension Consortium of South Africa (CHCSA) was established to foster relationships between the healthcare sector and schools through community engagement and outreach as well as contributing to the decolonization of normative paediatric blood pressure reference values. To date, there has been no nation-wide project in South Africa to determine nationally representative normal blood pressure reference values, nor to estimate the true prevalence of hypertension in the paediatric population of the country. This study will provide critical information on the understanding of blood pressure and hypertension in children, especially of African ancestry. Not only will this effort contribute to the development of the first nationally representative normal reference values of blood pressure but will also benefit healthcare providers in the sector with a clear guideline on the management of high blood pressure in children as developed by experts working with these challenges daily.

Conditions

• Hypertension
• Obesity, Adolescent
• Obesity, Childhood

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Blood pressure screening

Blood pressure and anthropometric measurements will be performed in children and adolescents between ages 5-18 years to develop South African nomograms that will aid in the development of clinical practice guidelines to optimise hypertension care in South Africa youth.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medical Research Council, South Africa

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Cape Town

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Limpopo

  collaborator OTHER

• Walter Sisulu University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of KwaZulu

  collaborator OTHER

• Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Zurich

  collaborator OTHER

• Groote Schuur Hospital

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

  collaborator OTHER

• Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• University of the Free State

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• North-West University, South Africa

  lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age

5 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-04-01

Primary Completion

2028-11-30

Completion

2028-11-30

Countries

• South Africa
• Switzerland

Study Locations