Knowledge on Preventive Measures of Hypertension

Knowledge on Preventive Measures of Hypertension: An Interventional Study Among Senior High School Students, Kenyase - Ghana

Hypertension among children and adolescents is on the rise in both developed and developing countries. Childhood and adolescent obesity, a key factor for hypertension in this population results largely from unhealthy dietary and physical inactivity behaviours. Adequate knowledge, a component for behavior change, has been found to be crucial to improving one's confidence to tackle these improper behaviours. Despite this, there are gaps in knowledge on hypertension and its risks factors in Ghanaian adolescents. Using an educational intervention (health talk), the study therefore sought to improve knowledge on preventive measures of hypertension among senior high school students in Ghana.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hypertension
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Education/Training

Detailed Description

A pre-post interventional study using health talks was carried out among 345 adolescents aged 13 to 20 years. Participants included both male and female students aged 13 to 20 years. Owing to the large number, the students were divided into two groups. The Pre-test was then administered. Following this, two health education sessions were delivered by two registered nurses for each session. A week after these health talks, the research team went back to the school to collect data for the post-intervention. Questionnaires used for both pre and post assessment collected data on demographic factors and knowledge on dietary and physical activity behaviours linked to hypertension.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 345
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Ghana
  • Kumasi, Ghana, 00233
    • Isaac Nkrumah

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 13 years to 20 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants who gave consent
• Minors with parental or guardian assent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants already living with hypertension

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention arm - All participant (Single arm); Participants received education or health talks on dietary and physical activity behaviours linked to hypertension	Other: Education/Training; It consisted of a brief overview of hypertension, risk factors, complications and much emphasis placed on the preventive measures (what they include and why it is necessary to practice them).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in participants knowledge on the preventives measures of hypertension using the mean scores	Close ended questionnaire was used to assess participants' knowledge on dietary practices and physical activity related to prevention of hypertension. The same questions were administered both pre- and post-assessment	1 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Association between the demographic characteristics and impact of the educational intervention on adolescents' knowledge on the preventive measures was measured using logistic regression analysis	In order to determine the association between the demographic characteristics and the impact of education on student's knowledge, the mean change in knowledge was categorize into two: <50% impact and ≥50%. Significance was set at p-value < 0.05.	1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Garden City University College
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Isaac Nkrumah, Masters, Garden City University College

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 15, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 22, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): March 22, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 4, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): September 18, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 18, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2020
• Last Verified: September 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Hypertension
• Other Study ID Numbers: DOS/VOL.2/01/2020/01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Yes
• IPD Plan Description: IPD will be made availability online immediately the paper is published in a journal. This will however, be before 12 months following study completion
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: immediately the paper is published - before 12 months following study completion
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: online or using the web address by the published journal
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: Study Protocol; Informed Consent Form (ICF)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No