Using the Visualization for Lifestyle Change in Patients At Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases

University Maribor

Status: Completed

Conditions: CGM; Coronary Artery Disease; Lifestyle; Coronary Heart Disease; Continuous Glucose Monitoring; Visual Analytics; Cardiovascular Diseases; Behaviour Change; Heart Diseases

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Visualization; Device: CGM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06226948

05a/2I-2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the framework of PhD research, the investigators will present a visualization of estimation of CVDs risk and the possibility of monitoring blood glucose levels in real-time. Based on the results, the investigators will assess the association of these with lifestyle change. The findings highlight the need for sufficiently reliable and high-quality evaluations of visualizations, technologies or applications used in the family medicine.

Full description

The investigators reviewed the existing literature and found little research on the use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and visualization of SCORE2 prognostic model in healthy populations and how they can influence lifestyle change. The investigators will conduct a randomised control trial with 3 intervention groups and 1 control gropu. The investigators also found that primary care nurses are still using paper-based methods to calculate CVDs by using colour-coded charts. Therefore, the investigators will use the visual tool of the SCORE2 scale to identify possible increased participants motivation using visualization. The investigators will also confirm or refute lifestyle change by calculating biological age.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• individuals ages more than 40 years
• without serious disease progression
• at least one risk factor for CVDs

Exclusion criteria

• individuals younger than 40 years
• with serious disease progression
• without risk factor for CVDs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 4 patient groups

Intervention group 1

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will use a continuous blood glucose monitoring and visualization of CVDs risk.

Treatment:

Device: CGM

Diagnostic Test: Visualization

Intervention group 2

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will use a continuous blood glucose monitoring.

Treatment:

Device: CGM

Intervention group 3

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will use a visualization of CVDs risk.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Visualization

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention.