Status:
RECRUITING
National Blood Pressure Screening in Children to Improve Paediatric Healthcare in South Africa
Lead Sponsor:
North-West University, South Africa
Collaborating Sponsors:
Medical Research Council, South Africa
University of Cape Town
Conditions:
Hypertension
Obesity, Adolescent
Eligibility:
All Genders
5-18 years
Brief Summary
The Childhood Hypertension Consortium of South Africa (CHCSA) was established to foster relationships between the healthcare sector and schools through community engagement and outreach as well as con...
Detailed Description
Rationale: Currently there exist no nationally representative set of normative reference values for blood pressure and anthropometry in South African children, while clinicians rely on European and US...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All children between ages 5-\<18 years
- All children with voluntary assent/consent and parent's permission
Exclusion
- circumstances interfere with the participant's ability to give informed consent (diminished understanding or comprehension, or any language barriers that may pose potential risk in participation under false expectations)
- randomly selected children who choose not to participate (lack of assent/consent), even if parent's permission was received,
- conditions that interfere with a patient's ability to follow study guidelines, e.g., the use of drugs, alcohol or tobacco products
- ages \>18 years or under 5 years
- Children will be excluded from the analysis for the determination of normative reference values for blood pressure and anthropometry if taking certain concomitant medication(s) that may affect their blood pressure, or any underlying disease e.g., chronic kidney disease, chronic heart disease etc. that may raise blood pressure.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2024
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 30 2028
Estimated Enrollment :
22464 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05982847
Start Date
April 1 2024
End Date
November 30 2028
Last Update
September 5 2024
Active Locations (11)
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1
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
2
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
4
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa