Effects of Health Promoting Programs on Cardiovascular Disease Risk
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Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Disease
In brief
The overall approach to the study is to assess the feasibility of recruiting African Americans to participate in several health-promoting programs and to compare health outcomes among the three interventions.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02019953
- Run by
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- People needed
- 375
- Starts
- 2012-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-03-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- This study includes only one inclusion criterion: to participate in this study, one needs to be a member of the Jackson Heart Study cohort.
You may not qualify if…
- 1. Newly diagnosed (within the last six weeks) with a myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular disease, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, fatal cardiac arrhythmia, severe systolic and diastolic heart failure, uncontrolled COPD, uncontrolled moderate to severe hypertension, or a recent recipient of a pacemaker, and/or
- Change in blood pressure medicine or lipid-lowering medication up to 30 days prior to or plans for a change in the 30 days after enrollment in the study, and/or
- Already practicing yoga at least once per week or walking briskly for one hour at least three times per week, and/or
- Inability to attend protocol sessions, and/or
- Diagnosis of an underlying medical illness that might be considered by the principal investigator to potentially impair one's safety or ability to complete the study protocol (example could possibly include uncontrolled asthma), and/or
- Current use of a prescription regimen that might be considered by the principal investigator to potentially impair one's safety or ability to complete the study protocol (examples could possibly include use of sedatives or other drugs that could affect a participant's ability to participate in any of the study arms).
- Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next six (6) months.
Where it is running
- University of Mississippi Medical Center — Jackson, Mississippi, United States
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