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A community intervention in elderly hypertension patients by Community Health Workers in order to improve patients adherence to treatment
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| intervention ward | Experimental | Patients received interventions as follow:
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| control ward | No Intervention | Patients received usual care, consisted of existing services in the community |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Adherence | Behavioral | Patients received interventions as follow:
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change Medication adherence | Medication adherence was assessed using The 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8). The scale is based on the patients' self-response and consists of eight questions, seven items with yes or no response, and one item with a 5-point Likert scale response option. The total score ranges from 1 to 8, the patient whose adherence score was six or more is considered adherent. | Patients were assessed Medication adherence at 3 time points: baseline (at the start of the study), 7 months after baseline, and 13 months after baseline |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change Follow-up compliance | patients are considered Follow-up compliance when they have had a follow-up examination for hypertension in the past 3 months, according to the doctor's appointment, or early/delayed within 3 days | Patients were assessed Follow-up compliance at 3 time points: baseline (at the start of the study), 7 months after baseline, and 13 months after baseline |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
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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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| Change Compliance with reducing salt intake | patients are said to comply with salt reduction when using < 5g salt/day (corresponding to < 1.9g Na/day). Daily sodium intake was calculated based on the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) on foods high in salt (preserved meat, salt, fish sauce, soy sauce, ketchup) according to the formula [portion size in grams] x [reported consumption frequency (converted to times per day)] x [nutrient per gram] | Patients were assessed Compliance with reducing salt intake at 3 time points: baseline (at the start of the study), 7 months after baseline, and 13 months after baseline |
| Change Physical activity compliance | Physical activity compliance assessed by The International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form (IPAQ-SF). The IPAQ-SF includes 4 questions, collects physical activity information for the previous 7 days regarding vigorous and moderate activity, walking and sedentary behaviors, units in MET-minutes/week. Patients were considered compliant with moderate and high levels of physical activity according to the IPAQ-SF assessment guidelines. | Patients were assessed Physical activity compliance at 3 time points: baseline (at the start of the study), 7 months after baseline, and 13 months after baseline |
| Change Smoking compliance | patients are considered Smoking compliance when they currently do not smoke or completely quit smoking (including e-cigarettes) | Patients were assessed Smoking compliance at 3 time points: baseline (at the start of the study), 7 months after baseline, and 13 months after baseline |
| Change Compliance with alcohol consumption | patients are considered Compliance with alcohol consumption when minimizing alcohol consumption, if drinking, the amount should be ≤ 2 standard drinks/day (men) or ≤ 1 standard drinks/day (women), and the total must be ≤ 10 standard drinks/week (men) or ≤ 5 standard drinks/week (women) | Patients were assessed Compliance with alcohol consumption at 3 time points: baseline (at the start of the study), 7 months after baseline, and 13 months after baseline |