Reduced 10-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease after participating in a lifestyle programme in primary care.

ABSTRACT: Background: Despite well-known preventive effects for future cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk through lifestyle changes, scientific evaluations of lifestyle programmes in primary care are scarce. Moreover, structured lifestyle counselling is still not integrated in everyday clinical practice. We aimed to evaluate change in cardiovascular risk factors and Framingham 10-year risk score of developing CVD in men and women at high cardiovascular risk after participation in a structured lifestyle programme over 1 year. A single-group study was carried out with a 1-year follow-up including before and after measurements.Methods: The lifestyle programme comprised five appointments to a district nurse over 1 year, focussing on lifestyle habits based on motivational interviewing. Fasti

SUBMITTER: Lonnberg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7720946 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature