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. 2015 Sep 7;15:868. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2192-5

Table 2.

INFORM measures at each stage of the study

Measure or Instrument name INTERVAL INFORM baseline INFORM follow-up Mode of assessment Note
Primary outcome Physical Activity Level* accelerometers using the Axivity AX3 – 3Axis logging Accelerometer®
Secondary outcomes Traditional risk factors
 Fruit and vegetables intake carotenoids
 Weight self-report as used in Godino et al. [56] and Knowles et al. [48]
 Cholesterol Panel (total, HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides) blood serum
 Fructosamine blood serum
 Nutrition Behaviour (fruit, vegetables, whole grains, fish, red and processed meat) self-report one-item questions that reflect the present prevention guidelines on CVD [16, 10]
 Physical Activity Level self-report EPIC-Norfolk Physical Activity Questionnaire [60]
 Smoking Status self-report
 Alcohol Consumption self-report
 Current Medication and Healthcare Usage self-report adapted version of the Health Services Research Unit Aberdeen questionnaire [61]
Perceived risk
 Comparative and Absolute Cardiovascular Risk self-report adapted according to Diefenbach et al. [62] and used in other risk communication studies [48, 56]
Cognitive evaluation of provision of coronary heart disease risk scores
 Understanding of Risk Scores self-report as used in another trial of risk communication [56]
 Perceived Accuracy of Risk Scores self-report as used in other risk communication studies [48, 56]
 Acceptability of the Intervention self-report in line with the Heart to Health study [50]
Psychological outcomes
 Stress self-report as used in the Randomized Trial of Personal Genomics for preventive cardiology [48]
 Mood self-report adapted from the Patient Health Questionnaire [63]
 Coronary Heart Disease-related Worry self-report an adaptation of the Cancer Related Worry Scale [64]
 Genetic Risk-related Worry/Anxiety self-report as used by Knowles et al. [48]
Moderators and mediators  Sociodemographic characteristics
 Sex, Age, Ethnicity self-report
 Marital Status self-report
 Socioeconomic Status (level of education, level of income, living area) self-report adapted from the European Health Interview Survey; deprivation level of the area based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation, Department for Communities and Local Government
 Numeracy Skills self-report 3-item Schwartz scale [65]
 Family History of Coronary Heart Disease self-report
 History of Genetic Testing self-report
 History of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment self-report
 Self-rated Health self-report Ware et al. [66]
 Barriers to risk-reducing strategy self-report in line with the Heart to Health study [50]
 Cognitive and emotional theory-based antecedents to behaviour change
 Intentions self-report adapted according to Ajzen [67] and used in previous similar research [56]
 Perception of Diet self-report
 Perception of Physical Activity self-report
 Coronary heart disease risk Representations self-report the Brief Illness Perceptions Questionnaire [68]
 Self-efficacy self-report as used in previous behavioural research [56, 68]
 Response Efficacy self-report as used in previous behavioural research [52, 69]
 Social Support self-report the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support [70]
 Time Orientation self-report as used in a study by Peretti-Watel et al. [71]
 Sense of Coherence self-report 3-items scale, Lundberg et al. [72]
 Comparative Optimism self-report comparative perceived risk

*participants who did not take part in physical activity monitoring during the INTERVAL Study will be required to undertake baseline activity monitoring over 7 days