MedTrace Logo

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Family Heart Health Educational Program (The FIT-Heart Study)

NCT00728637 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 501

Last updated 2013-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary objective of the FIT Heart Study was to test the effectiveness of a hospital-based standardized screening and educational intervention targeted to family members of patients hospitalized with CVD, to increase adherence to CVD prevention guidelines.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family Passport to Heart Health Program

Participants in this group received personalized heart disease risk factor screening at the baseline study visit. They were taught lifestyle approaches to risk reduction based upon national heart disease prevention guidelines, including the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III recommendations for improving blood cholesterol levels with a TLC diet. Participants had regular contact with study staff and will receive individualized feedback throughout the study.

BEHAVIORAL

General Educational Materials

Participants in the control group received an educational brochure about heart health at the baseline study visit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Columbia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lori Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-06-30
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases
Companies

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00728637 on ClinicalTrials.gov