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Interventional Study to Decrease Cardiovascular Risk in Women in Primary Health Care in South Croatia

NCT03863210 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2020-10-09

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Summary

Patient education in lifestyle changes has a positive effect on health in individuals with cardiovascular (CV) risk Despite current positive evidence about lifestyle and dietary change in the prevention of CVD, the recommendations are still not consistently and optimally applied to women, particularly in relation to their menopausal status. More information is needed about factors that will support effective implementation of educational interventions for decreasing CV risk. The aim of our study was to analyze the effect of an educational intervention, presented as a 60-minute lecture in primary health care setting about CV risk factors to women with different menopausal status, in relation to their decisional conflict about their treatment for CV risk and hope that their health will improve according to desired expectations.

Conditions

  • Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Interventions

OTHER

60-minute lecture titled "Change of lifestyle and nutrition habits to reduce cardiovascular risk"

All participants were exposed to the intervention. The intervention consisted of a 60-minute lecture titled "Change of lifestyle and nutrition habits to reduce cardiovascular risk". The lecture was delivered in family medicine offices by four specialists of family medicine individually to the groups of 6-8 participants. The lecture was verbal, harmonized among four family physicians, and contained instructions for changing nutrition habits, smoking habits and instructions for increasing physical activity. At the end of the lecture, each participant received a personally tailored decision aid, which included the list of her risk factors, assessment of the 10-year risk of fatal CVD (based on the data provided by the participants before the lecture), and instructions on what she should do in terms of changing the lifestyle habits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Split, School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Slavica Jurić Petričević

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-01
Primary Completion
2014-09-01
Completion
2015-03-01

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