Involving patients in cardiovascular risk management with nurse-led clinics: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preventive guidelines on cardiovascular risk management recommend lifestyle changes. Support for lifestyle changes may be a useful task for practice nurses, but the effect of such interventions in primary prevention is not clear. We examined the effect of involving patients in nurse-led cardiovascular risk management on lifestyle adherence and cardiovascular risk.

Methods

We performed a cluster randomized controlled trial in 25 practices that included 615 patients. The intervention consisted of nurse-led cardiovascular risk management, including risk assessment, risk communication, a decision aid and adapted motivational interviewing. The control group received a minimal nurse-led intervention. The self-reported outcome measures at one year were smoking, alcohol u

SUBMITTER: Koelewijn-van Loon MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2789146 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature