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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a structured educational program for hypertensive patients. The program was developed at the University of Dusseldorf, Germany. The contents of the program are as follows: teaching of the background of hypertension, techniques of self estimation of blood pressure, life style and dietary habits, some information concerning the different pharmacological properties to treat hypertension
see brief description section
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| group I (early intervention) | Active Comparator | We refer to the results of the DAFNE-study. This study showed the merits of an educational program in diabetics. In accordance to the protocol of DAFNE, we developed a design as follows: For each participating center patients are randomly assigned to two groups. Group I receives an early educational intervention at time of randomization, which should lead to better control of blood pressure after 6 months compared to the control group. The protocol design was chosen for proving an independent effect of the educational program despite optimal management by the GP. Group II is designated to receive the educational intervention 6 months after enrollment into the study. for further details please see brief description section |
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| delayed education | Other | delayed educational intervention for further details please see brief description section |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| structured educational program | Behavioral | structured education and evaluation of hypertensive patients in a design similar to the DAFNE study design. Behavioural intervention follows the Dusseldorf-educational program |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Blood pressure at 6 and 12 months of follow up following the educational process | 1 year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| morbidity on different cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases | 1 year |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Robert Zweiker, MD AssocProf | Medical University Graz Dep of Internal Medicine; Div of Cardiology | Principal Investigator |
| Thomas R Pieber, MD AssocProf | Medical University Graz Dept of Internal Medicine Div of Diabetology | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Medical University Graz | Graz | Styria | A-8036 | Austria |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 26643687 | Derived | Perl S, Niederl E, Kos C, Mrak P, Ederer H, Rakovac I, Beck P, Kraler E, Stoff I, Klima G, Pieske BM, Pieber TR, Zweiker R. Randomized Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Structured Educational Program for Patients With Essential Hypertension. Am J Hypertens. 2016 Jul;29(7):866-72. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpv186. Epub 2015 Dec 7. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006973 | Hypertension |
| ID | Term |
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| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
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| participation in the educational program after 6 months | Behavioral | Control group consisting of patients randomly assigned to participate in the educational program 6 months later than the active group |
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