PMID- 32340219
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200930
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 8
DP  - 2020 Apr 23
TI  - The TTCYB Study Protocol: A Tailored Print Message Intervention to Improve 
      Cardiovascular Patients' Lifestyles.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph17082919 [doi]
LID - 2919
AB  - This article describes the development of the "Time to Change Your Behavior" 
      (TTCYB) study protocol, a theory-based, tailored print message intervention to 
      improve compliance with the self-care regimen in patients with cardiovascular 
      diseases. A design with a baseline measurement and two follow-ups at six and 12 
      months will be applied. At baseline and the six-month follow-up, patients will 
      complete self-report questionnaires evaluating lifestyle habits and 
      socio-demographic and psychological variables; at the 12-month follow-up, 
      patients will answer a telephone interview assessing lifestyle habits. After the 
      baseline measurement, patients will be randomized into one of three groups: (1) 
      the tailored group, which will receive tailored health brochures; (2) the 
      "non-tailored" group, which will receive non-tailored health brochures; or (3) 
      the usual care group, which will receive no print information materials. The 
      effectiveness of the intervention will be assessed through patients' judgments of 
      the brochures and changes in lifestyle. The role of socio-demographic and 
      psychological variables as potential moderators of the materials' effectiveness 
      will be explored. If the TTCYB is efficacious, it will have implications for the 
      design and implementation of tailored communication programs. Concepts from this 
      study can be potentially extended to primary prevention among high-risk groups.
FAU - D'Addario, Marco
AU  - D'Addario M
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Cappelletti, Erika Rosa
AU  - Cappelletti ER
AD  - Health Promotion Division, Agenzia Tutela Salute Milano, 20129 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Sarini, Marcello
AU  - Sarini M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6128-0064
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Greco, Andrea
AU  - Greco A
AD  - Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, 24129 Bergamo, 
      Italy.
FAU - Steca, Patrizia
AU  - Steca P
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
LA  - eng
SI  - ISRCTN/ISRCTN13415993
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20200423
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - *Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control
MH  - Healthy Lifestyle
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Life Style
MH  - *Patient Compliance
MH  - Patient Education as Topic
MH  - Self Care
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC7215990
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - cardiovascular diseases
OT  - chronic disease
OT  - self-management and lifestyle behaviors
OT  - tailored communication
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/04/29 06:00
MHDA- 2020/10/02 06:00
PMCR- 2020/04/01
CRDT- 2020/04/29 06:00
PHST- 2020/03/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/04/17 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/04/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/04/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/04/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/10/02 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph17082919 [pii]
AID - ijerph-17-02919 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph17082919 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Apr 23;17(8):2919. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph17082919.