The Healthy Options Feasibility Study

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The investigators hypothesize that having health care providers other than physicians within a Groupe de Médecine de Famille conduct cardiovascular risk assessments and teach lifestyle interventions to primary prevention patients will increase the likelihood that patients will adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles. These objectives will be supported by providing subjects with a cardiovascular risk profile estimating the subject's risk of cardiovascular disease and teaching them how to use the resources related to lifestyle changes available on the www.myhealthcheckup.com Web site.

Official Title
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The Effectiveness of CVD Risk Profiles When Used by Allied Health Care Providers (HCP) Within a Groupe de Médecine de Famille: The Healthy Options Feasibility Study.

Conditions
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Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle, Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, Cigarette Smoking, Diabetes

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: CVD risk profile


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Male or female subjects 30-79 years of age without known cardiovascular disease but with one or more risk factors such as obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, dyslipidemia, hypertension, cigarette smoking, or diabetes Have provided informed consent Recent (past 6 months) fasting lipid profile results in the medical charts Exclusion Criteria: Unable or unlikely to follow and/or complete study or evidence of uncooperative attitude Subject is not literate in either French or English Subject does not have easy and regular access to the Internet Exercise or weight loss are contra-indicated for medical reasons

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 30 Years
Maximum Age: 79 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: A<br>Behavioral | Behavioral: CVD risk profile<br>* Cardiovascular risk assessment and behavioral counselling<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Feasibility of using health care providers other than physicians within a GMF to conduct a CV risk assessment and intervention on primary prevention patients |  | 10 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient's CV risk factors and overall CV risk |  | 16 weeks | 
| Subject's adherence with lifestyle changes and prescribed medications |  | 16 weeks | 
| Satisfaction of the nurse |  | 10 months | 
| Satisfaction of the patient |  | 16 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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primary prevention, patient knowledge, nurse, exercise, smoking cessation, weight loss