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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12614000699662
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

The University of Sydney0 sites600 target enrollmentJuly 2, 2014

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.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
July 2, 2014
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

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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