Effectiveness of a Combined Strategy to Improve Therapeutic Compliance and Degree of Control Among Patients With Hypercholesterolaemia
NCT ID: NCT02314663
Last Updated: 2014-12-11
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
358 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-01-31
2015-12-31
Brief Summary
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Methods/Design A randomised, parallel-group clinical trial will be conducted at the family medicine outpatient facilities of eight health centres in three of Spain's Autonomous Regions, covering a total of 358 subjects aged 18 years or over with diagnosis of hypercholesterolaemia. Patients in the intervention group will be supplied with printed material with information on the disease and its management, mobile-telephone text messages with guideline summaries, reminders of forthcoming appointments and/or arrangements for making new appointments in the event of non-attendance, and self-report cards to check compliance with recommendations. Both groups -intervention and control- will receive routine recommendations from their physicians in accordance with current European clinical practice guidelines for hypercholesterolaemia and cardiovascular risk management. As regards the measurements to be made, the main variable is the proportion of subjects who attain the low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels set as a target across a follow-up period of 24 months. The secondary variables are as follows: adherence to recommendations on lifestyle and adherence to drug treatment; variation in lipid profiles and cardiovascular risk levels; appearance of cardiovascular events; physical activity; food consumption; smoking habit; anthropometric measures; blood pressure; health problems; use of hypolipidaemic agents; socio-demographic data; beliefs and expectations about preventive recommendations; and degree of satisfaction with the combined strategy.
Discussion Should this intervention prove effective, a recommendation could be issued on the application of this combined strategy to subjects with hypercholesterolaemia. It is a simple, relatively inexpensive intervention.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Intervention group
"COMBINED STRATEGY" (a + b + c). Participants in the intervention group will be supplied with: a) "printed matter"; b) "mobile-telephone text messages"; and, c) "self-report cards".
This group receive routine recommendations from their GPs, in accordance with current European clinical practice guidelines on the management of hypercholesterolaemia and cardiovascular risk
"COMBINED STRATEGY"
Participants in the intervention group will be supplied with: a) "printed matter" containing information on the disease and its management (this will be handed out at each of the follow-up visits); b) "mobile-telephone text messages" containing guideline summaries, reminders of forthcoming appointments and/or arrangements for making new appointments in the event of non-attendance (in the periods between visits); and, c) "self-report cards" to check compliance with recommendations (across the entire follow-up).
Control group
This group receive routine recommendations from their GPs, in accordance with current European clinical practice guidelines on the management of hypercholesterolaemia and cardiovascular risk
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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"COMBINED STRATEGY"
Participants in the intervention group will be supplied with: a) "printed matter" containing information on the disease and its management (this will be handed out at each of the follow-up visits); b) "mobile-telephone text messages" containing guideline summaries, reminders of forthcoming appointments and/or arrangements for making new appointments in the event of non-attendance (in the periods between visits); and, c) "self-report cards" to check compliance with recommendations (across the entire follow-up).
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* be patients aged 18 years or over attending any of the participating health centres.
Exclusion Criteria
* any person with a physical disability or impairment which prevents him/her from attending the follow-up visits.
* any person suffering from a significant chronic organic or psychiatric disease.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Instituto de Salud Carlos III
OTHER_GOV
Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Albacete
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Ignacio Párraga-Martínez, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Health Care Service of Castilla-La Mancha
References
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Other Identifiers
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GAPALBACETE
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Identifier Source: org_study_id