One-year follow-up of a therapeutic lifestyle intervention targeting cardiovascular disease risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In this study, we tested the efficacy of a low-intensity lifestyle intervention aimed at reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease among mid-life individuals.

Methods

We conducted a randomized controlled trial in which participants were randomly assigned either to receive a health report card with counselling (from a Telehealth nurse) on smoking, exercise, nutrition and stress or to receive usual care. The patients were divided into 2 groups on the basis of risk: the primary prevention group, with a Framingham risk score of 10% or higher (intervention, n = 157; control, n = 158), and the secondary prevention group, who had a diagnosis of coronary artery disease (intervention, n = 153; control, n = 143). The primary outcome was a change in the Framingham global r

SUBMITTER: Wister A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1995136 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature