Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:37 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:37 AM
NCT ID:
NCT02186067
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Individuals aged 40 years or over visiting the selected IMS centre with known hypertension or with consistently elevated BP on two separate visits (mean of last two of three measurements of systolic pressure ≥140 mm Hg or mean diastolic pressure ≥90 mm Hg) or already receiving treatment will be eligible for inclusion in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Those patients who require intensive care unit or coronary care unit admissions, or are diagnosed to have cognitive impairment, are agitated due to severe pain, non-resident of Karachi, or having language barrier will be excluded from the study.
* A screening form will be designed for the collection of the above mentioned information. The rationale of excluding all the participants with above mentioned condition is that the participants having these health concerns will either not be able to respond to our questionnaire or their presence may confound our results.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
40 Years
Study:
NCT02186067
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02186067