Prevention of cardiovascular disease in current and former employees of the Ford motor company, Germany

Multimodal intervention for prímary prevention of cardiovascular disease in current and former employees of the Ford motor company, Germany - the PreFord trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN23536103

Enrollment

447

Registered

2011-07-28

Start date

2004-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-03-27

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Conditions

Prevention of cardiovascular disease Circulatory System Cardiovascular disease

Interventions

Multimodal intervention for outpatients, two sessions a week in the afternoon for three months (75 hours total): 1. Health education 2. Exercise therapy

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult men and women with no evidence for CVD and elevated risk according to the (European Society of Cardiology) ESC risk score > 5% 2. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Severe somatic or psychiatric morbidity, e.g. malignancies, psychosis, drug addiction

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
European Society of Cardiology risk score	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Health behaviour (physical fitness, smoking, BMI) 2. CVD risk factors, e.g. low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol, trigycerides, blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, depression and anxiety (HADS), Type-D pattern (DS-14)	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 10, 2026