Effectiveness of the nurse-led Activate intervention in patients at risk of cardiovascular disease in primary care: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Heleen Westland, Marieke J Schuurmans, Irene D Bos-Touwen, Marjolein A de Bruin-van Leersum, Evelyn M Monninkhof, Carin D Schröder, Daphne A de Vette, Jaap CA Trappenburg, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands, Education Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands, Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Published online on May 07, 2020

Abstract

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Volume 19, Issue 8, Page 721-731, December 2020.
BackgroundTo understand better the success of self-management interventions and to enable tailoring of such interventions at specific subgroups of patients, the nurse-led Activate intervention is developed targeting one component of self-management (...