Medicina Comunitária e Educação em Saúde

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Effectiveness of Health Education Interventions on Modifying Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Radwan NM, Al-Khashan HM, Alamri FA, Kabbash E, Abu-Elenin MM and El-Olemy AT

Background: Cardiovascular disease is linked to certain risk behaviours and health education has become the most commonly used measure for modifying these risk behaviours.

Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of health education interventions on modifying cardiovascular diseaserisk factors.

Search methods: We searched the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE and EMBASE during the past twenty years.

Selection criteria: We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on health education interventions aimed atmodifying cardiovascular diseases risk factors.

Conclusion: Wellbeing instruction intercessions could be powerful in changing frame of mind of individuals towardutilization of solid eating regimen, performing physical action and in quitting smoking. However, it is not effective inreducing body weight, blood pressure and blood sugar.