A study to check whether lifestyle changes helps in reducing the future risk of cardiovascular illness among the adolescents and young adults.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/07/071102
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
The target population for the community level interventions will be all
adolescents and young adults in that community, and for the family and individual level
interventions, they will be adolescents and young adults living in at-risk households. We
define at-risk households as those which we have already been previously identified from
our other ongoing research as having at least one family member with diabetes,
hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia and/or a history of cardiovascular disease in the past
Participants will be excluded if they have prior diagnosis of
cardiovascular diseases, cancer, epilepsy, arthritis or dementia, or have other conditions
that limit physical activity and dietary habits. Pregnant women will also be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome of interest is ideal/improved cardiometabolic health as <br/ ><br>measured by American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple, which has been adapted <br/ ><br>and used in South Asian countries.Timepoint: At the end of the study at 5 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome measures will include continuous and <br/ ><br>categorical measurements of fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, waist <br/ ><br>circumference, smoking, body mass index, blood glucose level, blood pressure and lipid <br/ ><br>levels and metabolic syndrome.Timepoint: At the end of the study at 5 years