Participant Eligibility Criteria

HOPE

Healthy living with Online suPport & Education

HOPE

Patients who satisfy the following criteria are eligible to participate in the study:

 

  • Age between 30 to 74 years old
  • Based in Singapore for the duration of study participation (i.e. 6 months)
  • Able to read and understand English
  • Have access to and is comfortable using a smartphone
  • Patients with diabetes with LDL ≥ [2.6 mmol/L or 100 mg/dL]*
  • Patients without diabetes with LDL ≥ [3.4 mmol/L or 130 mg/dL]*
    *Determined by health screening results

 

Patients with any of the following are NOT eligible to participate in the study:

Existing heart disease diagnosis or history of:


 

     
  •  Angina
  • Cardiac arrhythmia
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Heart failure
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Revascularisation
  • Stroke
  • Transient ischaemic attack

 


 

     
  • Patients with serious mental illness (i.e. require assistance in daily activities due to the mental illness)
  • Triglyceride ≥ 4.5 mmol/L
  • Pregnant or planning to be pregnant in the next six months
  • Unable to give informed consent
  • Diagnosed with a terminal illness or expected life expectancy of less than 12 months 
  • Patients on chemotherapy course during the study or less than one month prior to participating in the study
  • Patients on long-term oral steroids
  • Patients who are already involved in other HOPE studies