Possibilities of Perceiving Information on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in Persons Suffering From Essential Hypertension Through a Social Network

A randomized, prospective study conducted on the basis of a social network (Instagram platform), two-stage. At the first stage, the online school "Save Your Heart" was announced and 945 applicants were enrolled in the training. The online school curriculum consisted of the following blocks: "Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)", "Healthy Nutrition for the Heart", "Cholesterol. What is important for the patient to know? "," Physical activity for the prevention of CVD "," Overweight and obesity "," Smoking as a risk factor for CVD "," AH: diagnosis "," AH: treatment "," Myocardial infarction: diagnosis and treatment". At the 2nd stage, 125 participants were selected by random randomization, then distributed into 4 training groups to provide training materials: group 1 (n = 31) - then text publications up to 4 thousand characters, group 2 (n = 31) - short video clips up to 5 minutes, group 3 (n = 33) - first text publications, then video clips, group 4 (n = 30) - video clips, then text publications. Before and after school, respondents from all four groups completed the HDKQ questionnaire.