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Trial reportBMC cardiovascular disorders2008

The CHOICE (Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events) replication trial: study protocol.

Lis Neubeck, Julie Redfern, Tom Briffa, Adrian Bauman, David Hare, S B Freedman

Open access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
    Pooled it
  2. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Lis NeubeckFaculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. lneubeck@med.usyd.edu.au
Julie Redfern
Tom Briffa
Adrian Bauman
David Hare
S B Freedman
Anzac Research Institute · AUAustin Health · AUConcord Repatriation General Hospital · AUUniversity of Sydney · AUUniversity of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) are high, only a minority of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) survivors accesses an effective secondary prevention program. We aim to determine whether the previously proven CHOICE program can be replicated at multiple sites and whether ongoing reinforcement further improves risk factor modification. METHODS/

designParticipants eligible for but not accessing standard cardiac rehabilitation will be randomly allocated to either a previously tested 3-month CHOICE program or a 30-month CHOICE program (CHOICE-plus). Both groups will participate in individualised risk factor modules of differing duration that involve choice, goal setting and telephone follow-up for three months. CHOICE-plus will also receive additional face-to-face and telephone reinforcement between three and 30 months. At one site we will recruit a randomised control group, receiving conventional care. Primary outcomes are lipid levels, blood pressure, physical activity levels and smoking rates. Secondary outcomes include readmission rates, death, the number of risk factors, other modifiable risk factors, quality of life and process evaluation measures over three years. DISCUSSION: We present the rationale and design of a multi-centre, replication study testing a modular approach for the secondary prevention of CHD following an ACS.

trial registration[Clinical Trial Registration Number, ACTRN12608000182392].

Indexed as

Preventive Health ServicesAcute Coronary SyndromeCoronary DiseaseData Interpretation, StatisticalHumansNew South WalesPatient SelectionProgram EvaluationSample SizeSecondary PreventionTime FactorsTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID18838009
PMCPMC2572037
OpenAlexW2070406646

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