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Association of the State Hope and Decisional Conflict With the Outcomes of an Educational Intervention to Decrease Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Mixed Methods Study in Primary Health Care
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating 60-minute lecture titled "Change of lifestyle and nutrition habits to reduce cardiovascular risk" for Cardiovascular Risk Factor. Completed, enrolled 104 participants.
Detailed Summary
Patient education in lifestyle changes has a positive effect on health in individuals with cardiovascular (CV) risk Despite current positive evidence about lifestyle and dietary change in the prevention of CVD, the recommendations are still not consistently and optimally applied to women, particularly in relation to their menopausal status. More information is needed about factors that will support effective implementation of educational interventions for decreasing CV risk. The aim of our study was to analyze the effect of an educational intervention, presented as a 60-minute lecture in primary health care setting about CV risk factors to women with different menopausal status, in relation to their decisional conflict about their treatment for CV risk and hope that their health will improve according to desired expectations.
Study Details
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Interventions
All participants were exposed to the intervention. The intervention consisted of a 60-minute lecture titled "Change of lifestyle and nutrition habits to reduce cardiovascular risk". The lecture was delivered in family medicine offices by four specialists of family medicine individually to the groups of 6-8 participants. The lecture was verbal, harmonized among four family physicians, and contained instructions for changing nutrition habits, smoking habits and instructions for increasing physical activity. At the end of the lecture, each participant received a personally tailored decision aid, which included the list of her risk factors, assessment of the 10-year risk of fatal CVD (based on the data provided by the participants before the lecture), and instructions on what she should do in terms of changing the lifestyle habits.