Active clinical trials for "Hypertension"

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a light meal on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of aliskiren in patients with mild to moderate hypertension.

Researchers have linked media messages such as television programs to multiple problematic health behaviors. The narrative style of many television programs-involving a plot, recurrent characters, entertaining situations, and familiar settings-makes them compelling and likely contributes to the powerful influence these programs can have on behavior. However, narrative messages are not frequently utilized for prosocial purposes. In particular, health education embedded in a narrative context has been neither commonly utilized nor carefully evaluated. Using constructs from two complementary theories of health behavior, family physicians in a large metropolitan region have developed a situation comedy entitled "White Coats" that aims to provide quality patient education. The program currently airs on a local public access channel. The objective of this project is to evaluate the effect of one particular episode of "White Coats" on patient beliefs regarding hypertension.

This study will assess the pharmacokinetics and safety following single dose of valsartan in Japanese pediatric patients with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, or nephrotic syndrome.

This study focuses on an important patient behavior, medication-taking, and important physician behaviors: promoting medication regimen adherence in patients and appropriately modifying therapy when existing therapy results in inadequate therapeutic effect. The study will also explore the caregivers' (clinicians) behavior after relevant information about their patients' medication adherence and blood pressure control has been provided to them. The investigators focus on behavior change for patients and physicians and seek to change their behaviors to improve the health care delivery process and outcomes. The study aims at facilitating tertiary prevention of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and reno-vascular diseases by promoting better blood pressure control.

The aim of the study is to assess the long-term safety and effects on blood pressure of a paediatric formulation of perindopril in hypertensive children

The purpose of this study is to reduce adverse self-medication practices in older adults with hypertension.

A double blind study to examine the safety and efficacy of different dosages of lercanidipine in normal weight and obese patients with hypertension

OBJECTIVES: I. Describe the psychosocial response of parents and caretakers who learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques for infants at high risk for respiratory or cardiac arrest. II. Compare the effect of 4 methods of CPR instruction on psychosocial response. III. Evaluate a psychological intervention based on social support theory designed to offset the potential adverse psychological outcomes of CPR instruction. IV. Evaluate a self-paced CPR learning module using the principles of adult learning theory. V. Document the level of CPR knowledge and skill retention over time. VI. Document the frequency of CPR and its outcome following a witnessed respiratory or cardiac arrest.

To determine whether hypertensive patients with ECG abnormalities and receiving hydrochlorothiazide diuretics were at increased risk of sudden death.

Few studies show the benefits of educational technologies a support for the control of chronic diseases. The approach known as 'embracement' adopts relational strategies or soft technologies which promote bonding and may impact therapy adherence and quality of life in hypertensive patients.Objectives:To assess the impact of the embracement approach on therapy adherence, quality of life, and the white coat effect in hypertensive outpatients followed in a specialized clinic. This approach may be associated or not with the use of educational technology in a virtual learning environment(VLE) for distance learning (DL) and with use the educational technology in Blended E-learning (E-BLENDED)