A village doctor-led mobile health intervention for cardiovascular risk reduction in rural China: cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of a village doctor-led mobile health intervention on cardiovascular risk reduction among residents in rural China.

Design

Cluster randomised controlled trial.

Setting

127 villages from five provinces and autonomous regions in China.

Participants

4533 participants from 127 villages: 2297 (64 villages) were randomly assigned to the intervention group and 2236 (63 villages) to the control group. Participants were aged ≥35 years, had no established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) but a predicted 10 year risk of ≥10%, had contracted a family doctor service with the local village doctor, and owned a smart phone.

Interventions

In addition to usual clinical care and basic public health services provided for t

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12107442 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature