Effect of a nutritional education program on patients with genetic high cholesterol quality of life
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Heterozygous Familial HypercholesterolemiaC16.320.565.398.481
- Registration Number
- RBR-3ys6h4
- Lead Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia- INC
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia genetic diagnosis performed by Brazilian`s Heart Institute (INCOR) e attending to cardiological treatment in National Institute of Cardiology-Brazil.
Exclusion Criteria
Oral feeding difficulties;
clinical suspicion or diagnosis of hepatopathy and nephropathy in dialysis; oncological patients or patients undergoing gastroplasty; previous organ transplantation; wheelchair users; congestive heart failure; postoperative cardiac surgery (30 days); nutritional follow-up in the last 6 months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method General health status improvement, verified through the SF-36 survey (Medical Outcomes Study 36 - Item Short - Form Health Survey), <br>checked from the variation of at least 10 points in this score in the pre- and post-intervention measurements.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in food consumption, verified through the application of a 24-hour food recall and a 3-day food record, based on a reduction of at least 10% in trans fat consumption and 5% in fiber consumption in the measurements pre and post intervention.<br>;Improvement of body composition, verified by bioimpedance test, abased on a reduction of at least 5% of body fat percentage in pre and post-intervention measurements.