Perception of Cardiovascular Risk

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases
• Interventions: Other: Prevention events organized by participating centers

• Registration Number: NCT06190743
• Lead Sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo di Alessandria

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to describe the association between the perception of cardiovascular (CV) risk and the actual CV risk and, secondarily, to detect the actual CV risk to assess the prevalence of clinical risk factors, determined by means of appropriate instruments.

Detailed Description

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the major cause of premature death in adults that carries serious economic consequences.

Risk perception for CV disease has been reported as the subjective judgment of the likelihood of having a CV event. Risk perception is an important precursor to adopting a healthy lifestyle. However, both overestimation and underestimation of actual risk due mostly to poor health literacy are common.

For these reasons, CV prevention services of health care professionals (e.g., nurses, physicians) should, on the one hand, include screening for the presence of risk factors, and on the other hand, know the CV risk perceptions of those being cared for.

The aim of the study is to describe the association between the perception of cardiovascular (CV) risk, investigated by means of the Perception of Risk of Heart Disease Scale and a Likert-5 scale question, and the actual CV risk according to the SCORE2 and, secondarily, to detect the actual CV risk ascertained by the SCORE2 and to assess the prevalence of clinical risk factors (alterations in the lipid, glucose, or anthropometric profile) determined by means of appropriate instruments.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-09-29
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-27
• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-27
• Status Verified: 2023-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-12-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-12-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-01-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-01-05
• Study Completion: 2024-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 271

Inclusion Criteria

• an age between 18 and 69 years of age
• subscription to informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• patients with a positive history of hospitalization due to CV pathology at the time of enrollment;
• patients with ongoing relevant cognitive debilitation (Six Item Screener score < 4)

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Study Group	Prevention events organized by participating centers	Adult individuals who voluntarily wish to participate in prevention events organized by participating centers

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire	Screening	Strength of affective support derived from people close to the enrolled subjects
Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation version2	Screening	Individual real risk at 10 years, both for fatal CV events, and also for nonfatal CV events (myocardial infarction and stroke) in apparently healthy subjects
Patient Health Questionnaire-4	Screening	Screening for the uptake of psychological symptoms of anxiety or depression in the primary care setting
Perception of Risk of Heart Disease Scale	Screening	Individual perception of the likelihood of having heart disease

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Glucose	Screening	Glucose measurement
Lipid panel	Screening	Lipid panel measurement
Height	Screening	Height measurement
Weight	Screening	Weight measurement

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo; 🇮🇹 Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy