Training Methods for a Doctrine Of Life With Healthy Heart

NCT00738231 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2007/37
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 498
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is an interventional study which was conducted in the field. The investigators intended to develop an efficient and economically valuable method which can decrease the risk factors for prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Effective control of cardiovascular diseases necessitates a salutogenetic approach to develop efficient and cheap methods to decrease risk factors. In this study, the aim of preparing the Group II training material was to enable the individual to see his or her risks as unique, and to proceed with life by adapting personal behaviors. Group II's training material was formatted as a prescription. Because giving a prescription for a doctor is very important in low socioeconomical group person. This study showed that social programs oriented towards individual behavioral changes assume an important role in decreasing cardiovascular risk factors.

Conditions

Heart Diseases

Keywords

risk factors; coronary arterial hearth disease

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Increase of score of the knowledge about the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases

  1 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Stop smoking; to regulate of arterial tension; properly change of feeding behaviour

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

I

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Group I's training material consisted of a brochure with the information we wanted the public to know about heart disease. The brochure had such titles as "Cardiovascular Diseases, let us protect our hearts, the importance of cholesterol in preventing heart diseases, watch out for blood pressure, quit smoking for your health, weight watching, nutrition, food to avoid in cardiovascular disease, an easy method: exercise and exercise control, and an appropriate body weight vs. height chart for adults"

Behavioral: Training

II

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The Group II training material document was a letter in the form of a prescription in which the individual was addressed by name, the risk factors established at the first stage were explained, and the suggested measures for protection from such risk factors were indicated.

Behavioral: Training

Interventions

Training BEHAVIORAL

The training materials were randomly distributed to study participant groups. The list of names was systematically divided into two groups: odd-numbered individuals were given brochures only, and even-numbered individuals were given both letters and brochures. Since we could not have prevented an illustrated material to be passed by in a closed environment, it was deemed appropriate to distribute both the letter and brochure instead of just the brochure.

Also known as: CAHD; TM

I

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Over 40 years of age were contacted.
• Individuals who were literate or had at least one literate person in the household were selected through random sampling via the records of local health care units.

You may not qualify if:

• Under 40 years of age and immigrants

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eskisehir Osmangazi University: lead

Study Sites (1)

ESOGU

Eskişehir, 26220, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Links

• Eskisehir Osmangazi University

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Heart Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Selma Metintas, MD,Prof.

  ESOGU

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 19, 2008
• First Posted: August 20, 2008
• Study Start: September 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2008
• Study Completion: December 1, 2009
• Last Updated: June 19, 2009

Record last verified: 2008-08

Locations

TU (1)