What this means
This is a registration of a study that is still recruiting people. It aims to see how home blood pressure readings relate to bad health outcomes. No results have been posted yet, so it does not tell us anything about the findings.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 65 and over
- Where
- 2 sites
The science
- Registered title
- Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Registration Study in the Elderly(HOME Study)
- Trial ID
- NCT04212468 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- observational
- Conditions
- Blood Pressure
- What is tested
- no intervention
- Sponsor
- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital
- Ages
- 65 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Dec 27, 2019 · updated Jan 13, 2020
Registry summary
China is entering an aging society. As the number of elderly population continues to increase, the elderly are facing many social problems that deserve the attention of all sectors of society. Hypertension is one of the common diseases in the elderly population. Hypertension is the most common chronic diseases and a most important risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and also a substantial public health problem. Home blood pressure monitoring is simple, not only can find hypertension, but also can guide the treatment of patients with hypertension. The purpose of the study is to investigate the association between home blood pressure and adverse outcomes in community elderly population.
Sites (2)
- Feng Yingqing, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China