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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Effectiveness of an Intervention Aimed at Improving Information for Patients with High Cardiovascular Risk: INFORISK Clinical Trial.

Carlos Brotons, Irene Moral, Diana Fernández, Mireia Puig, M Teresa Vilella, Teresa Puig, LLuís Cuixart, Gemma Férriz, Anna M Pedro, Roger Codinachs and 3 more

Open access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos BrotonsEAP Sardenya-IIB Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9388-6581
Irene MoralEAP Sardenya-IIB Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.
Diana FernándezEAP Sardenya-IIB Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.
Mireia PuigEAP Sardenya-IIB Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.
M Teresa VilellaEAP Sardenya-IIB Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.
Teresa PuigEpidemiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBER Cardiovascular, IIB Sant Pau, 08041 Barcelona, Spain.
LLuís CuixartEAP Dreta de l'Eixample, 08013 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3073-514X
Gemma FérrizABS Sagrada Familia, 08017 Barcelona, Spain.
Anna M PedroABS Gaudí, 08017 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5348-6612
Roger CodinachsEAP Vic Sud, 08500 Vic, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2888-1562
Mónica RodríguezCAP Pare Claret, 08037 Barcelona, Spain.
Rubén FuentesEAP Sardenya-IIB Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.
On Behalf Of Inforisk Study Investigators
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESUniversitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe concept of global cardiovascular risk is not usually well understood by patients in consultation.

methodsThis was a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open clinical trial of one-year duration to evaluate the effectiveness in reducing global cardiovascular risk with an intervention aimed at high-risk patients to improve information on the cardiovascular risk compared to the usual care. The intervention was focused on providing information about cardiovascular risk in a more understandable way, explaining the best practices to reduce cardiovascular risk, and tailoring information to the individual.

resultsFour-hundred and sixty-four subjects participated in the study; 59.3% were men, and the mean age was 61.0 (SD 8.0) years. Significant reductions in systolic blood pressure (SBP) (-3.12 mmHg), body mass index (BMI) (-0.34 kg/m

conclusionsProviding an easy-to-understand assessment of the cardiovascular risk motivated high-risk patients to adopt a healthier lifestyle and improved cardiovascular risk after one year in the intervention group. Clinicians should assess a patient's baseline understanding of their CV risk using tools other than absolute risk before making treatment recommendations.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesBlood PressureFemaleHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRisk Factorsearly interventioneducationalheart disease risk factorsprimary care

Identifiers

PMID33807285
PMCPMC8036291
OpenAlexW3150257200

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