Perception of Cardiovascular Risk (CV-RP)

Azienda Ospedaliera SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo di Alessandria

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases

Treatments: Other: Prevention events organized by participating centers

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06190743

ASO.Card.23.01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to describe the association between the perception of cardiovascular (CV) risk and the actual CV risk and, secondarily, to detect the actual CV risk to assess the prevalence of clinical risk factors, determined by means of appropriate instruments.

Full description

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the major cause of premature death in adults that carries serious economic consequences.

Risk perception for CV disease has been reported as the subjective judgment of the likelihood of having a CV event. Risk perception is an important precursor to adopting a healthy lifestyle. However, both overestimation and underestimation of actual risk due mostly to poor health literacy are common.

For these reasons, CV prevention services of health care professionals (e.g., nurses, physicians) should, on the one hand, include screening for the presence of risk factors, and on the other hand, know the CV risk perceptions of those being cared for.

The aim of the study is to describe the association between the perception of cardiovascular (CV) risk, investigated by means of the Perception of Risk of Heart Disease Scale and a Likert-5 scale question, and the actual CV risk according to the SCORE2 and, secondarily, to detect the actual CV risk ascertained by the SCORE2 and to assess the prevalence of clinical risk factors (alterations in the lipid, glucose, or anthropometric profile) determined by means of appropriate instruments.

Enrollment: 271 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 69 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• an age between 18 and 69 years of age
• subscription to informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• patients with a positive history of hospitalization due to CV pathology at the time of enrollment;
• patients with ongoing relevant cognitive debilitation (Six Item Screener score < 4)

Trial design

271 participants in 1 patient group

Study Group

Description:

Adult individuals who voluntarily wish to participate in prevention events organized by participating centers

Treatment:

Other: Prevention events organized by participating centers