Inclusion criteria |
Registered with a participating practice |
Age 40–60 on date of consent |
Presence of any one (or more) of the following risk factors: |
Depression—previous history OR active episode of minor depression as recorded on medical record (if GP deems patient fit to participate) |
Diabetes (diagnosis, e.g. on a diabetes disease register) |
Hypertension (as per national guidelines) |
Renal dysfunction (recorded by GP) |
Obesity (BMI of 30.0 or above) |
Current smoker |
Raised cholesterol (as per national guidelines) |
Coronary heart disease (diagnosis, e.g. on a CHD disease register) |
Self-reported sedentary lifestyle |
Self-reported lack of cognitive stimulation |
Medically stable |
Literate in language of the partner country where patient is recruited |
Access to the internet in order to communicate by email and access information online |
Exclusion criteria |
Active episode of major depression recorded in medical record or assessed using a validated assessment score, e.g. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and which GP deems makes patient too severely ill to participate |
Unable to give informed consent |
Has an existing diagnosis of dementia |
Other reason identified by GP, e.g. terminally ill |