Trials (Aug 2018)

m-Power Heart Project - a nurse care coordinator led, mHealth enabled intervention to improve the management of hypertension in India: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial

  • Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy,
  • Vamadevan S Ajay,
  • Sailesh Mohan,
  • Devraj Jindal,
  • Shuchi Anand,
  • Dimple Kondal,
  • Nikhil Tandon,
  • Malipeddi Bhaskara Rao,
  • Dorairaj Prabhakaran

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2813-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Abstract Background The proportion of patients with controlled hypertension ( 80%); difference in proportion of patients compliant to anti-hypertensive medication/s; cost-effectiveness of intervention versus enhanced care. All the outcomes will be assessed at 12 months. Discussion The study is expected to provide evidence on the effectiveness of NCC-led, EDSS-based hypertension management in India and can likely offer an exemplar for improving cardiovascular disease (CVD) management in India within the resource-constrained public healthcare system. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT03164317). Registered retrospectively on 23 May 2017 (first patient enrolled on 6 April 2017) because the authors did not receive a response to their original registration submission (5 January 2017) to the Clinical Trial Registry – India (CTRI).

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