ACTRN12614000699662
Completed
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The Healthy Heart Study: A randomised trial to investigate the effect of communicating 'heart age' versus 5-year absolute CVD risk on intention to change lifestyle, risk perceptions and behaviour amongst people eligible for CVD risk assessment
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk
- Sponsor
- The University of Sydney
- Enrollment
- 600
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •1\. eligible for CVD risk assessment (not already known to be at increased risk of CVD)
- •2\. aged 45\-64 years (equal 5 year age group quotas were set)
- •3\. men and women (equal gender quotas were set)
Exclusion Criteria
- •1\. Currently taking blood pressure or cholesterol\-lowering medication
- •2\. Diabetic
- •3\. Already known to be at high risk of CVD based on additional criteria in the Australian guidelines:
- •\* have had a heart attack, stroke or bypass surgery
- •\* have moderate or severe chronic kidney disease (persistent proteinuria or estimated glomerular filtration rate \< 45 mL/min/1\.73 m2\)
- •\* have been diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolaemia
- •\* systolic blood pressure (the larger blood pressure number) is higher than or equal to 180 mmHg
- •\* diastolic blood pressure (the smaller blood pressure number) is higher than or equal to 110 mmHg
- •\* serum total cholesterol is higher than 7\.5 mmol/L
- •4\. Being unable to read health\-related information in English without help most of the time.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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