1. No condition, healthy participants
Conditions
Interventions
The Vitalum study has 4 trialarms:
1. Tailored Print Communication (TPC) group: this group receives four tailored letters
2. Telephone Motivational Interviewing (TMI) group: this group receives four motivational interview phone calls
3. Combined (TPC+TMI) group: this group receives two tailored letters and two telephone motivational interviews in turns
4. Control group: this group receives a tailored letter after the second follow-up questionnaire.
Intervention activities are delivered in week 5, 13, 30 and 43 after the baseline questionnaire.
Sponsors
Maastricht University
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants aged 45-70; 2. Maximal one person per address; 3. Not participating in other studies according to the database of general practitioners; 4. 50% of the participants is hypertensive; 5. 50% of the participants is male; 6. Participants who are included fail to meet at least two public health guidelines: one of them is physical activity, the other is fruit or vegetable consumption.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Physically not able to comply with healthy lifestyle; 2. Unknown address/removed; 3. Not able to speak/read Dutch; 4. Life threatening or malignant disorder; 5. Intellectual disability; 6. Cerebral vascular or cardiac event in the last 6 months; 7. Disorders in which the health of individuals will be harmed if they alter their lifestyle.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption and fat intake will be assessed with self-report questionnaires. At baseline and 47 and 73 weeks after baseline questionnaires will be filled out. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life will be assessed with the Short Form 36. Determinants of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption and fat intake will also be assessed in the baseline and 12 month follow-up questionnaires. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactHilde Keulen van
Maastricht University Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences Department of Health Education and Health Promotion P.O. Box 616
Outcome results
None listed