Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Recruiting

• Conditions: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)

• Registration Number: NCT06650228
• Lead Sponsor: Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi

Brief Summary

A review of the literature did not identify any studies that assessed knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors and healthy lifestyle behaviours in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. The aim of this study is to assess knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors, healthy lifestyle behaviours and physical activity levels in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-10
• Study First Submitted: 2024-10-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-10-18
• Study First Posted: 2024-10-21
• Study Start: 2024-10-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-10-23
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-26
• Primary Completion: 2025-07
• Study Completion: 2025-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis according to ASAS diagnostic criteria
• Being aged 18-65
• Stable medication use for at least 3 months
• Voluntary participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Having uncontrolled cardiopulmonary disease
• Being pregnant
• Having undergone recent surgery
• Presence of malignancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors	10 minutes	This will be evaluated using The Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Knowledge Level scale. The maximum score that can be obtained from the 28-question scale is 28.Higher scores on the scale indicate better knowledge of cardiovascular disease.
Healthy lifestyle behaviors	15 minutes	It will be evaluated with the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors scale II.The lowest score on the whole scale is 52 and the highest is 208. As the score obtained from the survey increases, it is assumed that the participant's level of healthy lifestyle behaviour is high.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity	5 minutes	Physical activity level will be evaluated using International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short form
Cardiovascular risk	5 minutes	The Framingham Risk Score will be calculated to determine cardiovascular risk. Framingham risk score; if the estimated risk of cardiovascular events is above 10%, the risk is considered high; if it is below 10%, the risk is considered low.
Comorbidity	5 minutes	Comorbidity level will be evaluated with the Charlson Comorbidity Index

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kirsehir Ahi Evran University; 🇹🇷 Kirsehir, Turkey