EDUCORE project: a clinical trial, randomised by clusters, to assess the effect of a visual learning method on blood pressure control in the primary healthcare setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High blood pressure (HBP) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). European hypertension and cardiology societies as well as expert committees on CVD prevention recommend stratifying cardiovascular risk using the SCORE method, the modification of lifestyles to prevent CVD, and achieving good control over risk factors. The EDUCORE (Education and Coronary Risk Evaluation) project aims to determine whether the use of a cardiovascular risk visual learning method--the EDUCORE method--is more effective than normal clinical practice in improving the control of blood pressure within one year in patients with poorly controlled hypertension but no background of CVD;

Methods/design

This work describes a protocol for a clinical trial, randomised by clusters an

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Salceda I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2920281 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature