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Effectiveness of Female Community Health Volunteers Training on Hypertension Knowledge and Blood Pressure Measurement Skills in Nepal

NCT06529289 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 131

Last updated 2024-07-31

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Summary

The investigators aimed to investigate the effectiveness of training FCHVs in hypertension knowledge and blood pressure measuring skills and explore their perceptions of challenges and opportunities to deliver hypertension counseling and monitor Blood pressure in the community. The investigators conducted a quasi-experimental study design among 131 FCHVs from Namobuddha and Mandandeupur municipalities. The investigators quantitatively measured the baseline and end-line hypertension knowledge and BP measurement skills after providing a one-day training on hypertension knowledge and BP measurement. Furthermore, the investigators conducted three focus group discussions with FCHVs to explore the challenges and opportunities of FCHVs in community-based hypertension management.

Conditions

  • Female Community Health Volunteers

Interventions

OTHER

Training

We conducted one day of training for FCHVs and four different groups of FCHVs from two municipalities. We conducted training on hypertension knowledge and blood pressure measurement skills for FCHVs. Studies from Nepal show that with appropriate training, FCHV has the potential to promote hypertension education and conduct hypertension screening. Access to essential equipment such as digital blood pressure monitors, would improve FCHV performance on measuring blood pressure. Therefore, our training was to provide hypertension knowledge and to train FCHVs to measure blood pressure. The training had two objectives referring to enhancing knowledge and building skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Archana Shrestha · Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-20
Primary Completion
2023-10-20
Completion
2024-06-01

Countries

  • Nepal

Study Locations

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