Preventing high blood pressure with counseling
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study tests whether counseling can help prevent high blood pressure in people who live in slums and are currently healthy. If you join, you may learn ways to keep your blood pressure normal.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are not diagnosed with high blood pressure (hypertension).
- You are generally healthy with no history of major diseases.
- You have been living in a slum area for at least one year.
- You do not have kidney disease.
- You do not have a psychiatric illness like depression.
- You are not pregnant.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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