Evaluating a Web-Based Educational Program for Adults at Risk for Coronary Heart Disease (The Heart to Heart Feasibility Study)
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Conditions studied: Coronary Disease, Cardiovascular Diseases
In brief
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, but fewer than half of all individuals at risk for CHD take advantage of proven strategies to lower their chances of developing this disease. This study will assess the effectiveness of Heart to Heart, a Web-based program, at educating people on ways to incorporate CHD risk-reduction strategies into their lives.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00494052
- Run by
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- People needed
- 186
- Starts
- 2007-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-01-28
Who can join
Age: 40 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Currently a patient at the General Internal Medicine Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Moderate (6% to 20%) or high (greater than 20%) risk of CHD, as defined by current evidence and practice-based guidelines for aspirin use and cholesterol levels
You may not qualify if…
- Known cardiovascular disease (e.g., previous heart attack, previous coronary artery bypass graft or percutaneous coronary intervention, angina, previous transient ischemic attack [TIA] or stroke, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure)
- Diabetes
- Low global risk of CHD (less than 6%)
- Dementia or other severe cognitive dysfunction
- Blindness
- Serious medical illness that would make the individual a poor candidate for the study (e.g., kidney failure, liver cirrhosis, HIV, non-skin cancer, any other illness for which their life expectancy is projected at less than 5 years)
- Inability to speak and understand English
- Participation in the preliminary study or in cognitive testing of intervention components
Where it is running
- UNC General Internal Medicine Clinic — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
- University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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