Lifestyle Self-management experience of South Asians
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Lifestyle Self-Management experience of South Asians after a heart attack
IRAS ID
156365
Contact name
Dilla Davis
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Salford
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 16 days
Research summary
The World Health Organisation has stated that, since 1990, more people worldwide have died from coronary heart disease (CHD) than any other cause. In UK, more than 175,000 people have a heart attack yearly, which equates one person every 2 minutes.
Research has shown that lifestyle change alters the course of CHD and so a series of best evidence based guidelines incorporating physical activity, diet and smoking, considered vital for patient care and outcomes, are advocated by governments for care of patients who have CHD.
However, despite the evidence that positive lifestyle changes bring about improved outcomes, surveys have shown that the adoption of such measures as part of daily life are inadequate and unhealthy lifestyle trends are continuing. Lifestyle changes-advised after a heart attack is not easy to accomplish as they are often entrenched and entwined in ethnocultural practice. In addition, heart attack patients are not consulted about what social and emotional support they would prefer to receive to guarantee a healthy lifestyle modification to reduce the risk of a second heart attack. This lack of social and emotional support reduces the patient’s ability to choose and prioritise as well as to maintain and sustain lifestyle changes for better health outcomes.
Thus project will focus on South Asians, their lifestyle self-management experience – in diet, smoking and exercise – after a heart attack. It is intended to explore South Asians’ experience and needs in choosing and prioritizing these lifestyle changes.The premise of the study is looking at lifestyle changes and managing these changes so as to prevent further recurrence of heart attack.REC name
South West - Cornwall & Plymouth Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/SW/0042
Date of REC Opinion
25 Feb 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion