Objective: to evaluate the effect and gender differences of an innovative intervention
involving in-person and telephone nursing counseling to control cardiovascular
risk factors (arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, and overweight), improve
health-related quality of life and strengthen self-efficacy and social support in
persons using the municipal health centers' cardiovascular health program.Method: a randomized controlled clinical trial involving participants randomized into the
intervention group who received traditional consultation plus personalized and
telephone nursing counseling for 7 months (n = 53) and the control group (n = 56).
The study followed the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials Statement.Results: women in the intervention group presented a significant increase in the physical
and mental health components compared to the control group, with decreases in
weight, abdominal circumference, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol, and the atherogenic index. The effects attributable to the
intervention in the men in the intervention group were increased physical and
emotional roles and decreased systolic and diastolic pressure, waist
circumference, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, atherogenic
index, cardiovascular risk factor, and 10-year coronary risk.Conclusion: this intervention is an effective strategy for the control of three
cardiovascular risk factors and the improvement of health-related quality of
life.