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NCT number NCT03077373
Other study ID # BB005/17
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date January 16, 2017
Est. completion date March 1, 2019

Study information

Verified date March 2019
Source University Medicine Greifswald
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study examines the efficacy of individualized counseling letters to reduce systolic blood pressure level of ≥ 130 mmHg in individuals aged between 40 and 65 years. The computer-generated counseling letter intervention aimed to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, to reduce sedentary time, and to achieve smoking abstinence.


Description:

This study examines the efficacy of individualized counseling letters to reduce systolic blood pressure level of ≥ 130 mmHg in individuals aged between 40 and 65 years. The computer-generated counseling letter intervention aimed to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, to reduce sedentary time, and to achieve smoking abstinence. Participants are recruited by nurses in routine care of primary medical practices.

Informed consent consists of: (i) participation in standardized measurement of blood pressure as well as waist and hip circumference at baseline and 12-month follow up, (ii) completion of standardized questionnaires at 4 time points (baseline, 4-month, 7-month, and 12-month follow-up). Participation in accelerometry was defined as an option. Individuals who agree to wear the accelerometer do this for 10 days at baseline and 12-month follow-up, each.

After baseline assessment, individuals are randomly allocated to a control and to an intervention group (ratio 1:1).

Intervention: The computerized intervention system includes three interactions with participants aiming to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and to reduce sedentary time. For individuals who were daily smokers at baseline, the computerized intervention system includes three more interactions with participants aiming to foster the motivation to quit smoking. Recurrent assessments are initiated by the system and provide data for scheduling the proceeding intervention steps and selection of relevant content. Physical activity, sedentary time, smoking, and motivational measures to change or maintain behaviors according to the recommendations will be monitored over time and used to provide feedback in the form of letters.

Intervention group: Individuals in this group complete a tablet PC-supported assessment at baseline and 12-month follow-up, both at the general practice. At months 4 and 7, follow-up data are collected by study team members via phone call. According to the assessments (baseline, month 4, and month 7), participants receive three counseling letters aiming to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and to reduce sedentary time. Additionally, individuals who were daily smokers at baseline, receive three counseling letters aiming to foster the motivation to quit smoking. The first letter is accompanied by a self-help manual covering specific information relevant for the particular stage of motivation to change smoking behavior according to the principles of the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change.

Control group: Individuals in this group complete a tablet PC-supported assessment at baseline and 12-month follow-up, both in the general practice. At months 4 and 7, follow-up data are collected by study team members via phone call.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 106
Est. completion date March 1, 2019
Est. primary completion date March 1, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 40 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- men and women aged between 40 and 65 years

- mean systolic blood pressure = 130 mmHg at baseline

Exclusion Criteria:

- cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction, stroke)

- vascular intervention

- cognitive impairment

- inadequate language skills

- severe disease with reduced life expectancy (< 2 years)

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
Counseling letter
The brief counseling letter intervention aiming to reduce physical inactivity, sedentary time in leisure time as well as smoking is based on behavior change theories (Transtheoretical model of health behavior change and Health Action Process Approach). The computerized intervention system includes up to six interactions with participants. Recurrent assessments are initiated by the system and provide data for scheduling the proceeding intervention steps and selection of relevant content. Physical activity, sedentary time, smoking, and motivational measures to change or maintain behaviors according to the recommendations will be monitored over time and used to provide feedback in the form of letters.

Locations

Country Name City State
Germany Institute of Social Medicine and Prevention, University Medicine Greifswald Greifswald

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Medicine Greifswald Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Systolic blood pressure Reduction of 4 mmHg mean systolic blood pressure in intervention group; Measures: standardized measurements of mean systolic blood pressure (in mmHg) Change from baseline mean systolic blood pressure at 12 months
Secondary Waist and hip circumference Reduction of waist and hip circumference in intervention group; Measures: standardized measurements of waist and hip circumference (in cm) Change from baseline waist and hip circumference at 12 months
Secondary Physical activity by self-report Measures: assessement via tablet PC or phone calls (International Physical Activity Questionnaire, IPAQ) Change from baseline physical activity at 12 months
Secondary Physical activity by accelerometry (if data are available) Measures: objective measurement of physical activity by accelerometry Change from baseline physical activity at 12 months
Secondary Sedentary time by self-report Measures: assessement via tablet PC or phone calls (last 7-d sedentary behavior questionnaire, SIT-Q-7d) Change from baseline sedentary time at 12 months
Secondary Sedentary behavior by accelerometry (if data are available) Measures: objective measurement of sedentary behavior by accelerometry Change from baseline physical inactivity at 12 months
Secondary Smoking by self-report Measures: questions regarding smoking (assessment via tablet PC or phone calls) Change from baseline smoking at 12 months
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