Cardiovascular Risk Factors And Intensive Dietary Counselling

Andalusian Regional Ministry of Health630 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

630

Conditions

High Blood Pressure Hypercholesterolemia Tobacco Smoking

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 40 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Cardiovascular risk as calculated by means of the SCORE (Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation) scale. Low-risk regions version.

Time frame: upt to 12 months from the beginning

Secondary Outcomes

Health-Related Quality of Life

Spanish version of the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire by the EuroQol Group

Time frame: Baseline, 6 and 12 months from the beginning