YOUhealTH - a Study to Improve Cardiovascular Health in Adolescents and Adults
The goal of this single-center prospective randomized controlled parallel 2-arm intervention study is to test a lifestyle intervention focusing on diet and physical activity in students and at least one legal guardian to improve cardiovascular risk factor profiles.
The primary objective of this study ist to evaluate the efficacy of a health promotion intervention (intervention group) over the course of a year using a participative approach compared to a control group in 14- to 17-year-olds and at least one legal guardian.
Further study objectives are to determine the effect of the health promotion intervention on the change of the score of the individual health metric components, on the absolute health metric score, on the change in intima-media thickness and pulse-wave velocity and cardiovascular health (such as blood pressure, non-HDL-cholesterol, BMI) as well as health literacy with regards to CVDs, especially stroke, in both age-groups.
Furthermore, a biobank will be collected.
Healthy.Tyrol - A Randomized-Controlled Lifestyle Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Levels in Adolescents
Students at the age of 14-16 years will be randomized to one intervention arm or one control arm in a 1:1 ratio. Participants of both groups receive a fitness tracker to count the amount of their steps taken. The participants of the intervention arm will commit themselves to a personal goal of steps taken by means of a commitment contract. Achievement of the goal will be rewarded with financial incentives to fulfill the requirements of proper reward medium, according to the Induced Value Theory (Smith, 1976).
The duration of the intervention will be 1 year; incentives are provided for 6 months, the remaining 6 months are the follow-up period.
The hypothesis is that intensified motivational strategies like the provision of commitment contracts and nudges are effective in increasing the number of steps taken per month compared to a control group.
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