Heart Disease Self-management for African American Older Adults: Outcomes of an Adapted Evidence-Based Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

To assess the impact of an evidence-based self-management intervention adapted through a community-engaged process for African American midlife and older adults with heart disease and/or cardiovascular risk factors.

Research design and methods

Adults 50 years and over, living in or near Detroit, MI, with diagnosed heart disease or greater or equal to two major risk factors for heart disease, were randomized to a 7-week group-format program called Take Heart, or a usual-care control group. Take Heart included education about heart disease and support for behavioral lifestyle change, using a goal-setting process based on self-regulation theory. Outcome data were collected via telephone surveys at baseline and 1 year from baseline. Primar

SUBMITTER: Janevic MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9579718 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature