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Health Chat for Empowerment-based Lifestyle Planning for Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity

NCT07158697 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 232

Last updated 2026-05-11

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Summary

The goal of this study is to:

1. assess the feasibility, acceptability, and the preliminary effects of the health chat for empowerment-based lifestyle planning for CMM (HcELP\_CMM);
2. examine the short-term effects of the HcELP\_CMM program on lifestyle behaviors, cardiometabolic indicators, symptom burden, health related quality of life (HRQoL), psychological well-being, and physical function in patients with CMM;
3. examine the long-term effects of the HcELP\_CMM program on lifestyle behaviors, cardiometabolic indicators, symptom burden, HRQoL, psychological well-being, and physical function in patients with CMM.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. If the HcELP\_CMM program is feasible and acceptable?
2. If the HcELP\_CMM program has the potential to improve the lifestyle behaviors, cardiometabolic indicators, symptom burden, HRQoL, psychological well-being, and physical function in patients with CMM compared to the usual care group in the short-term？
3. If the HcELP\_CMM program has the potential to improve the lifestyle behaviors, cardiometabolic indicators, symptom burden, HRQoL, psychological well-being, and physical function in patients with CMM compared to the usual care group in the long-term？

Conditions

  • Cardiometabolic Diseases
  • Multimorbidity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

HcELP_CMM

Participants in this group will attend a 12-week HcELP\_CMM program. This program is a hybrid intervention involving two phases: 1) face-to-face goal-oriented health counseling (week 1); 2) WeChat-based enhanced healthy lifestyle empowerment delivered by WeChat platform utilizing the official account, chat function, and synchronized online videos to integrate and sustain healthy lifestyle (weekly, week 2-12). Phase 1 covers 4 core steps: 1) risk diagnostics; 2) risk communication; 3) goal setting; and 4)strengthen commitment to lifestyle change. Phase 2 covers two modules: 1) lifestyle change for better, and 2) effective lifestyle maintenance.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Participants in this group will receive usual care provided by the CHCCs, which will include general health education on preventing and managing common diseases. They will not receive any components of the empowerment-based intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jing Xi, PhD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-08
Primary Completion
2027-02-05
Completion
2027-02-05

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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