Educational Intervention for Sodium Restriction in Patients With Hypertension

July 28, 2016 updated by: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention for Sodium Restriction in Patients With Hypertension: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

This parallel, randomized clinical trial will include 120 participants. They will be allocated to a sodium restriction educational intervention or usual care groups. The educational intervention will be planned based on the DSRQ application and sessions will be conducted once a month for the period of six months. Both spot urine collection to estimate sodium intake and the DSRQ will be applied at the baseline, in the eighth week and at the end of the follow-up. Blood sample and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) will be conducted at the beginning and at the end of the follow-up. Anthropometric measurements, blood pressure measurement and 24-hour food recall will be collected during follow-up.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This parallel, randomized clinical trial will include 120 participants. They will be allocated to a sodium restriction educational intervention or usual care groups. The educational intervention will be planned based on the DSRQ application and sessions will be conducted once a month for the period of six months. Both spot urine collection to estimate sodium intake and the DSRQ will be applied at the baseline, in the eighth week and at the end of the follow-up. Blood sample and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) will be conducted at the beginning and at the end of the follow-up. Anthropometric measurements, blood pressure measurement and 24-hour food recall will be collected during follow-up. The study 'The effectiveness of an educational intervention to sodium restriction in patients with hypertension' is based on the results of the DSRQ application, whose objective is to evaluate aspects related to non-adherence to the recommendation of a low-sodium diet, identifying adherence barriers and facilitators, contributing to the planning of interventions for improving the adoption of a low-sodium diet and, consequently, better hypertension control.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

120

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Brazil
    • RS
      • Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, : 90035-903
        • Recruiting
        • Leila Beltrami Moreira

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

40 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • female and male individuals, ageing from 40 to 80 years old, in treatment and monitored at the hypertensive outpatient department of HCPA. Participants must not have been monitored by a nutritionist or followed a nutritional orientation for over than six months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pregnancy or lactating; gastrointestinal tract disease; inflammatory disease; chemotherapy treatment; diabetes diagnosis; incapacity to follow an interview and/or to participate in the intervention program without the need of a third party involvement

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Educational Intervention Group
Participants assigned to the educational intervention group will have dietitian consultation to receive a dietary planning based on diet rich of fruits, vegetables, low fat, low processed foods and high nonfat dairy. During six months they will have monthly dietitian appointments including educational sessions to stimulate sodium restriction and enhance to follow the dietary planning. Each 15 days they will be contacted by phone to reinforce adherence to sodium restriction diet.
Behavioral: Educational Intervention
The educational intervention sessions will be conducted face-to-face, one hour-long and with the aim to encourage and motivate the low-sodium diet adherence. The dietitian's approaches will provide individual skills to achieve the goals (sodium restriction), developing changes in behavior and monitoring the progress towards the skills needed to reduce patient's barriers and difficulties for sodium restricted diet adherence.
Other Names:
  • Intervention Group
Sham Comparator: Usual Care Intervention Group
Participants assigned to the control group will have a dietitian consultation receiving general recommendations for hypertension, such as increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables, reducing salt intake, avoiding processed and high-sodium foods, reducing body weight if BMI> 25Kg/m2 and limiting consumption of alcoholic beverages. They will be provided with an explanatory folder about hypertension. During six months, participants assigned to the control group will be monitored in monthly visits to the dietitian without modifying their usual care
Other: Usual Care Intervention Group
Participants assigned to the control group will have a dietitian consultation receiving general recommendations for hypertension, such as increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables, reducing salt intake, avoiding processed and high-sodium foods, reducing body weight if BMI> 25Kg/m2 and limiting consumption of alcoholic beverages. They will be provided with an explanatory folder about hypertension. During six months, participants assigned to the control group will be monitored in monthly visits to the dietitian without modifying their usual care
Other Names:
  • Control Group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Changes from baseline, after 8 weeks and 6 months in Dietary Sodium Restriction Questionnaire (DSRQ) score
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Questionnaire sensitivity and specificity by the comparison of Dietary Sodium Restriction Questionnaire (DSRQ) scores to urinary sodium values
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Changes from baseline, after 8 weeks and 6 months in urinary sodium values
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Changes from baseline, after 8 weeks and 6 months in blood pressure mean assessed by ABPM
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Leila Moreira, MD PhD, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2017

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 26, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 26, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

July 28, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 29, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 28, 2016

Last Verified

July 1, 2016

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 150496

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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