Heart-health Promotion

NCT ID: NCT05949892

Last Updated: 2024-03-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 144 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-09-12
• Study Completion Date: 2024-03-24

Brief Summary

The researchers intend to use the Expanded Health Belief Model in enhancing heart-health preventive behaviors among high school female students

Detailed Description

The study intervention will be derived from the Expanded Health Belief Model which includes adhering to healthy diet, encouraging healthy weight, nutrition, and physical activity stress management, and smoking cessation and smoking avoidance.

Conditions

Heart Diseases

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

A healthy diet

This arm will focus on the following:

Eating lots of vegetables and fruit Choosing whole grain foods Eating protein foods Limiting highly and ultra-processed foods Highly processed foods Making water your drink of choice Salt, sodium and potassium Refraining from added sugars

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Expanded Health Belief Model-Based Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A healthy Diet Healthy Weight Physical Activity Stress Management Smoking Cessation and Avoidance

Healthy Weight Management

This arm will focus on the following:

Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight Preventing Weight Gain Choosing an Eating Plan to Prevent Weight Gain Balancing Food and Activity for Healthy Weight

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Expanded Health Belief Model-Based Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A healthy Diet Healthy Weight Physical Activity Stress Management Smoking Cessation and Avoidance

Physical Activity

This arm will focus on the following:

Step 1: Make a commitment Step 2: Take stock of where you are Step 3: Set realistic goals Step 4: Identify resources for information and support Step 5: Continually "check in" with yourself to monitor your progress. Revisit the goals you set for yourself in Step 3 and evaluate your progress regularly

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Expanded Health Belief Model-Based Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A healthy Diet Healthy Weight Physical Activity Stress Management Smoking Cessation and Avoidance

Stress management

This arm will focus on the following:

Stress relief Relaxation techniques Meditation Mindfulness exercises

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Expanded Health Belief Model-Based Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A healthy Diet Healthy Weight Physical Activity Stress Management Smoking Cessation and Avoidance

Smoking Cessation and Avoidance

This arm will focus on the following:

Second-hand smoke Offering option to avoid secondhand smoke

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Expanded Health Belief Model-Based Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A healthy Diet Healthy Weight Physical Activity Stress Management Smoking Cessation and Avoidance

Interventions

Expanded Health Belief Model-Based Intervention

A healthy Diet Healthy Weight Physical Activity Stress Management Smoking Cessation and Avoidance

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• High school female students who do not experience any psychiatric-mental disorder

Exclusion Criteria

• High school female students who experience any psychiatric-mental disorder

• Minimum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Baghdad

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mohammed Baqer Habeeb Abd Ali

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Baghdad

Baghdad, , Iraq

Countries

Iraq

Other Identifiers

Heart-Health Promotion

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id