Counseling Intervention and Cardiovascular Events in People With Peripheral Artery Disease: A Post Hoc Analysis of the BIP Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It is unclear whether counseling to promote walking reduces the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in people with peripheral artery disease (PAD).

Objective

To test whether a counseling intervention designed to increase walking reduced the risk of MACE in patients with PAD.

Design, setting, and participants

The BIP trial was a randomized clinical trial, with recruitment performed between January 2015 and July 2018 and follow-up concluded in August 2023. Participants with walking impairment due to PAD from vascular departments in the Australian cities of Brisbane, Sydney, and Townsville were randomly allocated 1:1 to the intervention or control group. Data were originally analyzed in March 2024.

Intervention

Four brief counseling sessi

SUBMITTER: Golledge J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11339702 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature