Web-based interventions targeting cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged and older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Beishuizen, Cathrien R L ^a   Stephan, Blossom C M ^b   Van Gool, Willem A ^a   Brayne, Carol ^c   Peters, Ron J G ^a   Andrieu, Sandrine ^d   Kivipelto, Miia ^e   Soininen, Hilkka ^f   Busschers, Wim B ^a   Van Charante, Eric P Moll ^a   Richard, Edo ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular disease; EHealth; Meta analysis; Older people; Prevention; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNET; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84962081638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5218     Document Type: Review

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