Status:
COMPLETED
Healthy Habits Program for High Cardiovascular Risk Patients: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Conditions:
Health Behavior
Motor Activity
Eligibility:
All Genders
45-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a program to improve habits in a population with cardiovascular disease, comparing two different educational techniques (cognitive behavi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients who live in the catchment area of the health centers participating in the trial or that have their primary care physician in these centers.
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- Patients with a diagnosis of coronary heart disease, and / or transluminal angioplasty and / or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). These diagnoses must have occurred longer than six months from the time of inclusion.
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- Patients with a diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident (CVA), transient ischemic attack (TIA), carotid endarterectomy and / or carotid angioplasty. These diagnoses must have occurred longer than six months from the time of inclusion.
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- Patients with peripheral arterial disease with or without intermittent claudication, revascularization surgery, bypass placement of arterial and / or peripheral arterial angioplasty. These diagnoses must have occurred longer than six months from the time of inclusion.
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- Sedentary persons, defined as less than 90 minutes per week of moderate aerobic physical activity in their daily life (leisure, travel or work).
Exclusion
- \- Patients on chronic home monitoring and / or institutionalized before admission or living in a tertiary institution.
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- Moderate or severe limitation on functional capacity and / or mobility. or
- Patients with dementia. or
- Patients diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses that compromise patient autonomy. or
- Life expectancy less than 1 year. or
- Patients who do not want to take part in the program. or
- Patients who are participating in another research protocol at recruitment. or
- Patients with a diagnosis of intracranial hemorrhage secondary to aneurysmal rupture.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
101 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01861977
Start Date
June 1 2013
End Date
January 1 2016
Last Update
February 29 2024
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Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina