Lifestyle modification interventions in preventing or postponing the development of NCD risk factors and outcomes with special focus on angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular events, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidemia..
Conditions
Interventions
Control group: routine health care
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Primary, secondary and tertiary interventions were designed based on specific target groups including schoolchildren, housewives, and high-risk persons. Officials o
Intervention group: Primary, secondary and tertiary interventions were designed based on specific target groups including schoolchildren, housewives, and high-risk persons. Officials of various sector
Sponsors
research institute for endocrine sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
3 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Individuals aged 3 years and over who were residence of the District 13 of Tehran and were under the coverage of three medical health centers of Salavati, Mohammadian, and Lailatolghadr, were selected using multistage cluster random sampling method. All members of each family not mentally disabled, including those having or not having risk factors, were interviewed.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Major NCD risk factors including glucose disorders, dyslipidemia, obesity, smoking, HTN, level of physical activity, nutritional status. Timepoint: every 3 years. Method of measurement: The participants are interviewed by trained physicians to obtain past medical history and to complete a 110-item questionnaires regarding familial history of NCD, smoking habits, reproductive history and assessment of physical activity; brief physical examination is performed including anthropometric measurements. Rose angina questionnaire is completed and ECG is taken from individuals over 30 years of age. Trained dietitians collect dietary data in one tenth of the participated family. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Any medical event with special focus on cardiovascular events. Timepoint: one year. Method of measurement: Every participant of the TLGS is followed up for any medical event during prior year by telephone call. He/she is asked for any medical conditions by a trained nurse and if a related event had occurred a trained physician collects complementary data during a home visit. If necessary, she pays a visit to respected hospital and collects data from medical files. In the case of mortality, data are collected from hospital or death certificate by local physician.The collected data were then evaluated by an outcome committee to assign a specific outcome for every event. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactDr. A.A. Momenan
TLGS unit
Outcome results
None listed