DECADE - Promotion of self-management in primary care for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Not Applicable

• Conditions: ifestyle-related risk factors for cardiovascular disease; I10; I25; I70; E11; Essential (primary) hypertension; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Obesity; E66; Chronic ischaemic heart disease

• Registration Number: DRKS00025401
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Freiburg - Institut für Allgemeinmedizin

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-21
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 797

Inclusion Criteria

1) Member of a statutory health insurance (SHI).
2) At least one of the following lifestyle-related cardiovascular risk factors: smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, unhealthy diet, high alcohol consumption, unhealthy stress behaviour, lack of sleep.
3) Participation is possible in case of primary arterial hypertension and/or hypercholesterolaemia and/or diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2, manifest arteriosclerosis.
4) Sufficient understanding of the German language (reading, speaking)

Exclusion Criteria

1) Patients after an acute cardiovascular event,
2) Patients with care level 1 or higher,
3) Patients with serious or severe acute illnesses or short life expectancy,
4) Patients who are planning a rehabilitation measure,
5) Patients with severe cognitive impairments,
6) Patients with severe mental illness,
7) Patients with alcoholism, severe eating disorders,
8) Pregnancy
9) Participation in the DECADE pilot study (2016)
10) Participation in the DECADE pre-study (focus group interviews; spring 2021)
11) Simultaneous participation in another study with the same or similar target criteria/measures.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Examination of the effects of the two components of the intervention (DECADE materials and structured follow-up counselling) on patient activation (PAM13) six months (t1) after the start of the study (baseline survey t0).