Smartphone app study to improve heart risk factors
Part of Heart & circulation, Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This study tests whether using a smartphone health app can help improve things that raise the risk of heart disease, such as blood pressure, cholesterol, weight, or sugar levels. You may be eligible if you can use a smartphone and you speak Arabic or English, and if you have at least one of the listed heart-risk problems.
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Who can take part
- You have at least one heart-risk issue, such as high blood pressure, obesity, abnormal cholesterol, or higher-than-normal blood sugar/diabetes.
- Your blood pressure is at least 130 (top number) and/or 85 (bottom number), or your waist/body measurements and/or cholesterol or sugar numbers meet the study’s cutoffs.
- You speak and can read and write Arabic or English.
- You have a working smartphone and can use a mobile app consistently.
- You have no history of stroke or heart attack (or related major heart problems).
- You do not have serious health issues that limit physical activity, and you likely can attend follow-up visits at the clinic.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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