Primary Prevention Study: Study on Obesity, Cardiovascular and Psycho-Social Characteristics in the City of Merzig

University Hospital, Saarland600 enrolled

Overview

Cardiovascular risk factors and psycho-social characteristics will be determined in obese and non-obese patients in the setting of primary medical care.

Cardiovascular risk factors and psycho-social characteristics will be determined using a questionnaire in primary care physician offices in the city of Merzig, Germany. We will recruit all people (age\>18y) with a body-mass index (BMI) \> 30 kg/m2 plus patients in the two following participating physician offices: Praxisnetz and Merzig. Cardiovascular risk will be assessed using the PROCAM (Munster Heart Study), ESC (European Society of Cardiology) and Framingham risk scores. Psycho-social factors will be recorded according to the methodology of the INTERHEART study.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

600

Conditions

Obesity Cardiovascular Disease Depression Stress

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 or \> 18 * BMI \> 30 kg/m2 * Presenting to a participating primary care physician Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18

Locations (2)

Klinik Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes

Homburg, Saarland, Germany

RECRUITING

Praxisnetz Merzig

Merzig, Saarland, Germany

RECRUITING

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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