Community-based heat-sensitive moxibustion for primary hypertension: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial with patient-preference arms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low- and middle-income countries have a high prevalence of primary hypertension, but its treatment and control are often low. Heat-sensitive moxibustion (HSM), an innovative acupoint stimulation technique, may be effective for treating hypertension and thus used appropriately in primary healthcare. The objective of this study is to investigate whether HSM is effective and safe for the treatment of primary hypertension in the community.

Methods

This study is a multicenter, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial (RCT) with patient-preference arms. Four hundred patients with primary hypertension from seven communities will be enrolled. Initially, the communities will be randomly assigned into two study clusters, one using compulsory randomization and the other allowi

SUBMITTER: Zhou X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848640 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature