2.2.1. Healthy Heart Lifestyle Programme
The five-month lifestyle programme to which participants could be optionally referred was predesigned by the care group based on available evidence. It consisted of eight group sessions (8–10 persons) and three individual sessions supervised by a lifestyle coach, in which all aspects of lifestyle behaviour change (dietary quality, overweight, physical activity, smoking, alcohol intake and stress management), motivation and personal goals on behaviour change were addressed. The programme took place in patients’ own neighbourhoods and was free of charge.