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

Carlos BrotonsIrene MoralDiana FernándezMireia PuigM Teresa VilellaTeresa PuigLLuís CuixartGemma FérrizAnna M Pedro Roger CodinachsMónica RodríguezRubén Fuentesnull On Behalf Of Inforisk Study Investigators

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)

Providing 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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