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Effect of Counselling Using Lifestyle Medicine Assessment Tool on Hypertensive Patients
Sponsor: Indus Hospital and Health Network
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if knowing and understanding a patient's daily habits and then giving clear advice on what changes to make can help control blood pressure better than the routine way of advising people with high blood pressure. The main questions it aims to answer are: * To learn if using the Lifestyle Medicine Assessment tool (A 21-item questionnaire) to understand the current lifestyle of people with hypertension and guide them accordingly, helps in lowering blood pressure more, as compared to routine advice? * To see if this way of guiding patients is more satisfactory for them then routine advice? Researchers will compare two groups of people with hypertension. One will be guided after assessing their current lifestyle with the Lifestyle Medicine Assessment Tool and one will be given routine guidance. The researchers will then see which group had better blood pressure control. Participants will be: * Asked a few questions about their lifestyle and then they will be advised accordingly on ways to make it better. * They will also be asked to measure their blood pressure at home and bring the record with them when they come for their doctor's visit.
Official title: Effect of Counselling of Patients With Hypertension Presenting in Family Medicine Clinics Using Lifestyle Medicine Assessment Tool.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
64
Start Date
2026-06
Completion Date
2027-02
Last Updated
2026-03-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Lifestyle Intervention
The intervention includes using the lifestyle Medicine Assessment Tool (LMA), a 21-item questionnaire, to assess the patient's current lifestyle and deliver structured counselling according to their scores in each domain. To keep the counselling consistent and standardized throughout the study a checklist will be formulated according to the current guidelines on lifestyle modification for hypertensive patients, consisting of counselling items pertaining to each domain, and it will be followed for all patients in the intervention group. This will be repeated at every monthly follow-up visit for three months.
Locations (1)
The Indus Hospital Karachi
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan