Translating a Heart Disease Lifestyle Intervention Into the Community
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Pre-diabetes, Diabetes
In brief
Translating a Heart Disease Lifestyle Intervention in the Community study will evaluate the feasibility and initial effectiveness of a community-based, culturally-targeted, lifestyle intervention to improve the cardiovascular health of underserved South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali, and Sri Lankan) Americans. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to either a group to receive heart disease prevention classes or to another group where they will receive written materials about heart disease prevention.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01647438
- Run by
- Northwestern University
- People needed
- 63
- Starts
- 2012-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-11-02
Who can join
Age: 30 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- South Asians between 30 and 60 years
- Have at least one CHD risk factor: obesity (body mass index > 25 kg/m2- cutoff for obesity in South Asians), hyperlipidemia, hypertension, pre-diabetes, or diabetes.
You may not qualify if…
- Inability to speak English, Hindi, or Urdu
- History of clinically evident CVD (e.g. heart attack, stroke)
- Pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant during the study period
- Conditions that inhibit moderate intensity physical activity
- Systolic blood pressure ≥190 or diastolic blood pressure ≥105; Triglycerides ≥ 400
- Using insulin for diabetes
- Significant medical or psychiatric co-morbidities
- Plans to move out of the area within 2 years
- Family/household member enrolled in study
Where it is running
- Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Metropolitan Asian Family Services — Chicago, Illinois, United States
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