General-health-promotion-approach to Promoting Healthier Lives
Health-risk Behaviours, Non Communicable Diseases
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Health-risk Behaviours focused on measuring general-health-promotion, healthier lives, emergency department
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: (1) age ≥18 years, (2) triage as semi-urgent (level 4) or non-urgent (level 5) and will be discharged home after seeking medical attention (3) the presence of at least one health risk behaviour (tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity) (4) able to communicate in Chinese Exclusion Criteria: (1) poor cognitive state or mental illness (2) diagnosed with NCDs and have regular follow-up in outpatient clinics (3) participation in another related study
Sites / Locations
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Intervention group
Control group
The participants will be given a Practical Resource Hub for Healthy Life leaflet containing information on various applications. the research assistant will ask about the priority the participants place on engagement in desirable health-related lifestyle practices identified in the completed behavioural risk factor survey. The participants will also be asked to choose the goal that they consider easiest to achieve. The participants will be encouraged to quit health-risk behaviours (or adopt a healthy lifestyle) sequentially, but they will also be able to choose to quit them simultaneously if they are confident in doing so. For the first 6 months of the study period, the research assistant will deliver WhatsApp/WeChat messages about once per week. Follow-up assessment of behavioural changes at 3, 6, and 12 months
The participants will be given a Practical Resource Hub for Healthy Life leaflet containing information on various applications.The control group participants will receive a brief telephone intervention based on the AWARD model and delivered by the trained research assistant, similar to that delivered to the intervention group. However, the research assistant will simply advise the participants to change their health-risk behaviours and/or adopt a healthy lifestyle practice. The participants will also receive follow-up for outcome assessments with the same schedule as those in the intervention group.