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Lead
Aga Khan University
To the best of authors' knowledge limited evidence is available from Pakistan on management of hypertension through an integrated approach. Therefore, the aim of the trial is to develop a health delivery system that effectively manages hypertension at primary care level.
Hypothesis: The development of an integrated management approach will be effective in managing hypertension at all levels among hypertensive patients.
Age
40–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Individuals aged 40 years or over visiting the selected IMS centre with known hypertension or with consistently elevated BP on two separate visits (mean of last two of three measurements of systolic pressure ≥140 mm Hg or mean diastolic pressure ≥90 mm Hg) or already receiving treatment will be eligible for inclusion in the study.
You may not be if
Those patients who require intensive care unit or coronary care unit admissions, or are diagnosed to have cognitive impairment, are agitated due to severe pain, non-resident of Karachi, or having language barrier will be excluded from the study.
A screening form will be designed for the collection of the above mentioned information. The rationale of excluding all the participants with above mentioned condition is that the participants having these health concerns will either not be able to respond to our questionnaire or their presence may confound our results.
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