Cardiovascular health promotion and prevention among community-dwelling individuals who are at risk for cardiovascular disease Circulatory System
Conditions
Interventions
Current interventions as of 31/03/2025:
The intervention is named as the "Community-based Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Promoting Program (i.e., HeartHELP program)". The HeartHELP program contains of thre
2) mobile-application use
and 3) motivational interviewing counselling. The mobile-app group will be received two intervention modes: 1) general information on cardiovascular health
and 2) mobile-application use. The control group will be received one intervention mode: 1) general information on cardiovascular health.
The general information indicates the receiving of a brochure
Sponsors
Korea University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Community-dwelling adults who are at risk for cardiovascular disease, specifically having at least one component of metabolic syndrome according to the NCEP-ATP III.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Current exclusion criteria as of 31/03/2025: 1. Adults who were medically diagnosed with diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular diseases 2. Adults who were medically diagnosed with psychiatric disease including major depression or anxiety disorder 3. Adults having activity limitations 4. Adults with cognition problems 5. Adults who were not able to respond to self-reported questionnaire 6. Adults who were not able to use mobile application _____ Previous exclusion criteria: 1. Adults with antihypertensive, lipid-lowering medications, or hypoglycemics (including insulin injection) 2. Adults who were medically diagnosed with diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular diseases 3. Adults who were medically diagnosed with psychiatric disease including major depression or anxiety disorder 4. Adults having activity limitations 5. Adults with cognition problems 6. Adults who were not able to respond to self-reported questionnaire 7. Adults who were not able to use mobile application
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Heart-healthy behaviors, as measured by the Evaluation Tool of the managment behaviors of metabolic syndrome at pre- and post-intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured at pre- and post-intervention: 1. Heart-healthy self-efficacy by self-report questionnaire 2. Heart-healthy motivation by self-report questionnaire 3. Heart-healthy biophyscial factors (i.e., body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting glucose, total-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol) measured by anthropometric and blood pressure measures, and blood sampling | — |
Countries
Korea, South
Outcome results
None listed