Effects of a brief cardiovascular prevention program by a health advisor in primary care; the 'Hartslag Limburg' project, a cluster randomized trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 395-401

  Van Limpt, Patrick M ^a   Harting, Janneke ^b   van Assema, Patricia ^a   Ruland, Erik ^c   Kester, Arnold ^a   Gorgels, Ton ^a   Knottnerus, J André ^a   van Ree, Jan W ^a   Stoffers, Henri E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht ^*

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Cluster randomized controlled trial; Intervention; Lifestyle; Prevention; Primary care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 83155192164     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.08.031     Document Type: Article

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