High Blood Pressure, Hypercholesterolemia, Tobacco Smoking
Conditions
Keywords
Cardiovascular risk, Primary prevention, Intensive dietary counselling, Physical exercise
Brief summary
The Intensive Dietary Counselling (IDC) intervention is a prevention and health promotion activity. It is being implemented by the Andalusian Health Service to reinforce basic intervention advice on healthy diet and exercise. The IDC intervention is aimed at the prevention of diseases of the heart and blood vessels (e.g. heart failure, heart attack and stroke). The main objective of the present study is to assess adherence to the IDC intervention and, consequently, its effectiveness on the prevention of the above mentioned diseases.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Age between 40-65 years * Presence of any cardiovascular risk factors (Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, tobacco smoking, diabetes, obesity)
Exclusion criteria
* Currently diagnosed with any vardiovascular disease * Currently involved in any other clinical trial * Cognitive impairment that prevents from providing an informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cardiovascular risk as calculated by means of the SCORE (Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation) scale. Low-risk regions version. | upt to 12 months from the beginning |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health-Related Quality of Life | Baseline, 6 and 12 months from the beginning | Spanish version of the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire by the EuroQol Group |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chronic low-grade inflammation | Baseline, 6 and 12 months from the beginning | High sensibility c-reactive protein |