Clinical trial NCT06190743: Perception of Cardiovascular Risk
Official title: Perception of Cardiovascular Risk: Description of the Phenomenon in Primary Prevention
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Lead sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo di Alessandria
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: IRCCS San Raffaele
name: Centro Cardiologico Monzino
name: Istituto Auxologico Italiano
name: Istituti Ospedalieri Bergamaschi Srl
First posted: 2024-01-05
Enrollment: 271
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 69
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: CASE_CROSSOVER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Convenience sample of adult subjects who voluntarily wish to participate in prevention events and who will be asked for consent to participate

Brief summary: The aim of the study is to describe the association between the perception of cardiovascular (CV) risk and the actual CV risk and, secondarily, to detect the actual CV risk to assess the prevalence of clinical risk factors, determined by means of appropriate instruments.

Detailed description: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the major cause of premature death in adults that carries serious economic consequences.

Risk perception for CV disease has been reported as the subjective judgment of the likelihood of having a CV event. Risk perception is an important precursor to adopting a healthy lifestyle. However, both overestimation and underestimation of actual risk due mostly to poor health literacy are common.

For these reasons, CV prevention services of health care professionals (e.g., nurses, physicians) should, on the one hand, include screening for the presence of risk factors, and on the other hand, know the CV risk perceptions of those being cared for.

The aim of the study is to describe the association between the perception of cardiovascular (CV) risk, investigated by means of the Perception of Risk of Heart Disease Scale and a Likert-5 scale question, and the actual CV risk according to the SCORE2 and, secondarily, to detect the actual CV risk ascertained by the SCORE2 and to assess the prevalence of clinical risk factors (alterations in the lipid, glucose, or anthropometric profile) determined by means of appropriate instruments.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* an age between 18 and 69 years of age
* subscription to informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients with a positive history of hospitalization due to CV pathology at the time of enrollment;
* patients with ongoing relevant cognitive debilitation (Six Item Screener score \< 4)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Perception of Risk of Heart Disease Scale
timeFrame: Screening
measure: Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation version2
timeFrame: Screening
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire-4
timeFrame: Screening
measure: Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire
timeFrame: Screening
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Lipid panel
timeFrame: Screening
measure: Glucose
timeFrame: Screening
measure: Height
timeFrame: Screening
measure: Weight
timeFrame: Screening
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Alessandria
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo
state: Piedmont
Study officials:
affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo
name: Niccolò Simonelli, Study Nurse
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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