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Trained healthcare providers will educate patients on blood pressure monitoring, medication adherence, healthy diet, physical activity, stress management, and warning signs of complications. The intervention is designed based on literature and culturally appropriate practices. The control group will receive usual care without tailored support.",[13],"Behavioral: Telemedicine-Based Behavioral Counseling",{"label":15,"type":16,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Usual Care Control Arm","NO_INTERVENTION","The control arm will receive standard hypertension care provided at the hospitals, which may include routine clinical visits, prescribed medications, and general health advice, but will not include the telemedicine-based counseling or tailored self-care support provided to the intervention group.",null,[20],{"type":21,"name":22,"description":23,"armGroupLabels":24,"otherNames":18},"BEHAVIORAL","Telemedicine-Based Behavioral Counseling","The intervention arm will receive a telemedicine-based behavioral intervention, while the control arm will receive usual care. The intervention package will be designed based on existing literature and culturally accepted approach. Participants in the intervention group will receive weakly, 10-15 minutes telephone-based counseling sessions on the management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) every 2 weeks for three-months.\n\nThe intervention package for hypertensive patients will focus on the necessity of regular blood pressure assessment and provide comprehensive education to empower hypertensive patients in managing their condition. This package will include scheduled phone calls with trained healthcare providers who will offer guidance on lifestyle modifications, self care practice including regular physical activity, adhering to prescribed medications, and managing stress.",[9],[26,31],{"name":27,"role":28,"phone":29,"phoneExt":18,"email":30},"Eyob K Bogale, Master of Public Health","CONTACT","+251961640637","ketema.eyob@gmail.com",{"name":32,"role":28,"phone":33,"phoneExt":18,"email":34},"Destaw E Abebaw, Master of Science (Msc)","+251918281262","destawendeshaw@gmail.com",{"type":36,"investigatorFullName":37,"investigatorTitle":38,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":18,"oldOrganization":18},"PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR","Eyob Ketema Bogale","Principal Investigator","100624628","telemedicine-based-behavioral-intervention-to-improve-self-care-among-hypertensive-patients-100624628",false,"NCT07412106","Telemedicine-Based Behavioral Intervention to Improve Self-Care Among Hypertensive Patients","Effectiveness of a Telemedicine-Based Behavioral Intervention for Improving Self-Care Practice and Management Outcomes Among Hypertensive Patients Attending Tertiary Hospitals in Northwest Amhara: A Quasi-Experimental Study Intervention Protocol","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Adult patients ≥18 with hypertension who have follow-up for ≥6 months at the study settings\n* Have access to mobile or fixed telephones\n* Will stay for the study follow-up period\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Participants who have coexisting severe mental health illnesses\n* Severe hearing impairments\n* Pregnant will be excluded","ALL","18 Years",{"count":49,"type":50},320,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[53],"NA","The goal of this quasi-experimental clinical study is to learn whether a telemedicine-based behavioral intervention can improve self-care practices among adult patients with hypertension receiving care at teaching hospitals in Northwest Amhara.\n\nThe main questions it aims to answer are:\n\n* Does a telemedicine-based intervention improve self-care practices among hypertensive patients?\n* Does the intervention improve medication adherence among hypertensive patients?\n* Does the intervention increase patients' knowledge about hypertension?\n* Does the intervention reduce emergency hospital admissions among hypertensive patients? We will compare patients who receive telemedicine-based counseling with patients who receive usual care to see if the intervention improves self-care, medication adherence, knowledge, and reduces emergency admissions.\n\nParticipants will:\n\n* Receive 10-15-minute telephone counseling sessions every two weeks for three months (intervention group only)\n* Receive education on blood pressure monitoring, medication adherence, diet, physical activity, and stress management (intervention group only)\n* Continue routine hypertension care at the hospital (both groups)",[56,57,58,59],"Hypertension","Self-Care Practices","Medication Adherence","Hospital Admission",[61,62,63,64,65,56],"Self-care practice","Medication adherence","Knowledge about hypertension","Emergency admission","Quasi experimental study","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-02-12",{"date":69,"type":70},"2026-02-17","ACTUAL",{"date":72,"type":50},"2026-02-10",{"date":74,"type":50},"2026-07-10",{"name":5,"class":6}]