A 16-week multidisciplinary preventive cardiology programme achieved 87.2% completion and significantly improved lifestyle, psychosocial, and medical risk factors at 1-year follow-up.
Observational (n=430)
Does a 16-week multidisciplinary preventive cardiology programme improve medical and lifestyle risk factors in patients at high risk of developing CVD?
A holistic, multidisciplinary preventive cardiology program in a community setting effectively improves and sustains cardiovascular risk factors and lifestyle habits over 1 year.
AIMS: The aim of this observational, descriptive study is to evaluate the impact of an intensive, evidence-based preventive cardiology programme on medical and lifestyle risk factors in patients at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS: Increased CVD risk patients and their family members/partners were invited to attend a 16-week programme consisting of a professional multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention, with appropriate risk factor and therapeutic management in a community setting. Smoking, dietary habits, physical activity levels, waist circumference and body mass index, and medical risk factors were measured at initial assessment, at end of programme, and at 1-year follow up. RESULTS: Adherence to the programme was high, with 375 (87.2%) participants and 181 (84.6%) partners having completed the programme, with 1-year data being obtained from 235 (93.6%) patients and 107 (90.7%) partners. There were statistically significant improvements in both lifestyle (body mass index, waist circumference, physical activity, Mediterranean diet score, fish, fruit, and vegetable consumption, smoking cessation rates), psychosocial (anxiety and depression scales and quality of life indices), and medical risk factors (blood pressure, lipid and glycaemic targets) between baseline and end of programme, with these improvements being sustained at 1-year follow up. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate how a holistic model of CVD prevention can improve cardiovascular risk factors by achieving healthier lifestyles and optimal medical management.
Gibson et al. (Wed,) conducted a observational in High risk of developing cardiovascular disease (n=430). Multidisciplinary preventive cardiology programme was evaluated on Medical, lifestyle, and psychosocial risk factors. A 16-week multidisciplinary preventive cardiology programme achieved 87.2% completion and significantly improved lifestyle, psychosocial, and medical risk factors at 1-year follow-up.