Use of Podcasts in the Education of Hypertension Patients

Use of Podcasts in the Education of Hypertension Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study

Hypertension is an important public health problem all over the world due to its high prevalence and its association with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. At the same time, it is a condition in which acquired factors, genetic and metabolic disorders, characterized by increased intra-arterial blood pressure, occur together . According to the World Health Organization, hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg or above According to the Arterial Hypertension Management 2018 Implementation Guide of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension, it is estimated that there are more than 1 billion hypertension patients in the world and this number will reach 1.5 billion by 2025. In our country, there are approximately 20 million individuals with hypertension. It is thought to be Hypertension treatment is a lifelong process that includes lifestyle changes and patient education along with medical treatment.Turkish Endocrinology and Metabolism.

The aim of hypertension treatment is to ensure that blood pressure decreases to the targeted level, to minimize target organ damage and complications caused by hypertension, to eliminate symptoms and reduce drug side effects, to ensure patient compliance with treatment and to provide self-management skills by enabling the patient to take an active role in his own treatment. The concept of self-management; It includes providing individuals with knowledge and skills regarding disease management, providing support to maintain the individual's self-care, supporting the decision-making process, and helping to recognize and cope with problems. The main goal in hypertension treatment is to control the patient's blood pressure. Achieving and maintaining self-management is also one of the most effective factors in controlling blood pressure. Inadequately treated and low self-management In hypertension patients, blood pressure control is inadequate and health risks increase. Therefore, all strategies implemented to increase self-management in hypertension patients also have positive effects on the individual's blood pressure control and disease prognosis.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hypertension
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Podcast

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 94
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey (Türkiye)
  • Center
    • Elâzığ, Center, Turkey (Türkiye), 25240
      • Fırat university

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Education level must be at least primary school level.
• Patients with or without treatment experience
• Being between the ages of 18 and 65
• Being diagnosed with hypertension at least 6 months ago
• Being using at least one hypertensive drug
• Having enough internet to listen to podcasts on Spotify
• Have Spotify supported devices (iOS 14 or above, Android OS 5.0 or above, OS X 10.15 or above, Windows 10 or above)
• Being competent in using a mobile phone
• Having 18.64 points and above in e-health literacy assessment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who have physical (speech, hearing impairment, etc.), neurological and psychological problems that prevent them from filling out research forms and participating in training.
• Those who do not have sufficient equipment (mobile phone or computer with internet connection) for podcast training
• Intervention group patients who do not listen to podcasts on Spotify (patients who do not fill out verbally or Google forms (Diary))
• Patients in the control group who were understood to have logged in to their account on Spotify and listened to podcasts.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Experimental: Podcast	Behavioral: Podcast; Routine maintenance will be applied.; Other Names: Control

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Hill Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance Scale	Measures treatment compliance of hypertension patients. was developed for evaluation. The Cronbach's Alpha value of the scale was found to be between 0.74 and 0.84. The scale is a 4-point Likert type and consists of 14 items and 3 sub-dimensions. The subscales of the scale are Interview (6th, 7th and 8th Questions), Medical (1st, 2nd, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Questions) and Nutrition (3rd, 14th Questions). 4th and 5th Questions). Question 6 on the scale is reverse coded. The total score range on the scale varies between 0 and 42. If the person gives the most positive answers to all questions and receives a total of 0 points, he or she is considered fully compliant. Scores outside zero indicate the degree of non-compliance. Since the questions are in the negative type of questions, the compliance decreases as the score increases.	Before and 12 weeks after application
Self-Care Management Scale in Chronic Diseases	It was developed to evaluate self-care management in chronic diseases. (The scale has a 5-point Likert structure (1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=undecided, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree) and consists of 35 items. The scale consists of two sub-dimensions. These sub-dimensions are: "self-protection" ( articles 2, 6, 8, 11, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25-34), and "social protection" (articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 , 14, 16, 17, 21, 24 and 35 items. The 3rd, 15th, 19th and 28th items in the scale are negative expressions. The total scores that can be obtained from the scale vary between 35 and 175 points. It indicates that the individual's self-care management also increases	Before and 12 weeks after application

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Firat University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 2, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 6, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 7, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 18, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 14, 2025
• Last Verified: November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Podcast
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Hypertension
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2024/04-47

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: after the project is finished

Drug and device information, study documents

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