TY - JOUR
T1 - Educational interventions for improving control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension
T2 - A systematic review protocol
AU - Ribeiro, Cibele D.
AU - Resqueti, Vanessa R.
AU - Lima, Íllia
AU - Dias, Fernando A.L.
AU - Glynn, Liam
AU - Fregonezi, Guilherme Augusto De Freitas
N1 - Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Introduction: The aim of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions on improving the control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension. Methods: Randomised controlled trials including patients over 18 years of age, regardless of sex and ethnicity, with a diagnosis of hypertension (either treated or not treated with antihypertensive medications) will be assessed in our analysis. We will electronically search four databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, PEDro and ScienceDirect. There will be no language restrictions in the search for studies. The data will be extracted independently by two authors using predefined criteria. Disagreements will be resolved between the authors. The risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. After searching and screening of the studies, we will run a meta-analysis of the included randomised controlled trials. We will summarise the results as risk ratio for dichotomous data and mean differences for continuous data. Ethics and dissemination: The review will be published in a journal. The findings from the review will also be disseminated electronically and at conference presentations. Trial registration number: PROSPERO CRD4201401071.
AB - Introduction: The aim of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions on improving the control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension. Methods: Randomised controlled trials including patients over 18 years of age, regardless of sex and ethnicity, with a diagnosis of hypertension (either treated or not treated with antihypertensive medications) will be assessed in our analysis. We will electronically search four databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, PEDro and ScienceDirect. There will be no language restrictions in the search for studies. The data will be extracted independently by two authors using predefined criteria. Disagreements will be resolved between the authors. The risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. After searching and screening of the studies, we will run a meta-analysis of the included randomised controlled trials. We will summarise the results as risk ratio for dichotomous data and mean differences for continuous data. Ethics and dissemination: The review will be published in a journal. The findings from the review will also be disseminated electronically and at conference presentations. Trial registration number: PROSPERO CRD4201401071.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006583
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006583
M3 - Article
C2 - 25829369
AN - SCOPUS:84926452751
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 5
SP - -
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 3
M1 - e006583
ER -