Study protocol for the healthy family program on population blood pressure: A multicenter, parallel group, cluster randomized, controlled trial in rural China
Study context
- Population
- Chinese rural residents aged 40–80 years, with or without hypertensiontarget enrolment, 80 villages (each with ≈100 residents)
- Participants
- 8,000 participants
- Planned comparison
- Community-based, health instructor led, multifaceted family intervention, as compared with usual care
- Primary endpoint
- change in systolic BP in all participants, reported as the absolute difference between intervention and control groups
- Follow-up
- From baseline to 6 months
Methodological detailsmulticenter, parallel group, study protocol
- Multicenter
- Parallel group
- Study protocol
No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.
Further findings
Trial conduct · As of December 31, 2024
- Villages in the intervention group that have completed the 6-month intervention
- 24
- Villages randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio
- Follow-up until 12 months after withdrawal of support and low-sodium salt at 6 months
Original publication
Study protocol for the healthy family program on population blood pressure: A multicenter, parallel group, cluster randomized, controlled trial in rural China. Am Heart J. Published 28 January 2025. doi:10.
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