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An intervention study to enable young people to act as change agents to reduce cardiovascular risk of their community in Sri Lanka

Effect of an intervention to enable young people to act as change agents to reduce cardiovascular disease risk of their community: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
SLCTR
Registry ID
SLCTR/2017/002
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2017-01-19
Start date
2017-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

Cardiovascular Disease risk

Interventions

Study setting: District of Colombo in 24 selected Grama Niladari (GN) divisions of four randomly selected Divisional Secretariat (DS) divisions Study design: Cluster randomized trial. A cluster is d

Sponsors

National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Males and females aged 30-59 years residing in the randomly selected clusters

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Physical disabilities 2. Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Body mass index [At recruitment and 12 months after commencement of the intervention] Weight [At recruitment and 12 months after commencement of the intervention] Blood pressure [At recruitment and 12 months after commencement of the intervention]—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Physical activity, including sedentary time (watching TV etc.) - assessed using the WHO STEPS instrument developed and utilized in Sri Lanka (Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition,2008) and locally validated food frequency questionnaire (Arambepola,2004) and International Physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) (Karunapema, 2007). [At recruitment and 12 months after commencement of the intervention] Fruit and vegetable consumption, sugar-sweetened food and beverage consumption - assessed using the WHO STEPS instrument developed and utilized in Sri Lanka, locally validated food frequency questionnaire and International Physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) [At recruitment and 12 months after commencement of the intervention] Alcohol and tobacco use - assessed using the WHO STEPS instrument developed and utilized in Sri Lanka, locally validated food frequency questionnaire and International Physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) [At recruitment and 12 months after commencement of the intervention ] CVD absolute risk score, defined as the probability of experiencing a cardiovascular disease, or cardiovascular-disease-related event within 5 years after the risk assessment (Gaziano et al, 2015). [At recruitment and 12 months after commencement of the intervention ]—

Countries

Sri Lanka

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Nadeeka Chandraratne

Principal Investigator

fhpsl@sltnet.lkTel: 011-2731997

Outcome results

None listed

Source: SLCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026