Randomized controlled trial evaluates lifestyle changes and patient-centered care perception in CVD risk patients, suggesting potential benefits of digital tools.
Key Points
This research aims to evaluate the impact of cardiovascular disease risk visualization and continuous glucose monitoring on lifestyle changes and patient-centered care perception.
Conducted a 4-arm, single-blind, 2×2 factorial randomized controlled feasibility trial in primary care.
Enrolled 119 participants, with 101 completing a 6-month follow-up.
Randomized participants into four groups: Petal-X + CGM, CGM only, Petal-X only, and standard care without digital tools.
Assessed healthy lifestyle and person-centered care perceptions using questionnaires at baseline and 6 months.
Base mean SCORE2 values ranged from 3.84 to 4.87 across groups, with the control group at 4.53.
Scores for healthy lifestyle habits improved, but no statistically significant differences were found between groups (P = 0.42).
Perception of PCC was highest in shared decision-making, yet no significant differences were noted (P = 0.26).
Overall, improvements were observed in healthy lifestyle habits and PCC perception, but not significantly between intervention groups.