The Effect of Physical Activity on Decreasing Risk Level

"The 12-week physical activity program was implemented under the guidance of nurse, in outdoors with the group, 5 days a week with warm up and cooling down for 10 minutes and normal walking tempo at a moderate pace for 30-45 minutes (3-6 km/hour).~Application of WHO Smoking Cessation Algorithm: After fagerström test was applied, the modified smoking cessation algorithm of WHO was applied to the individuals and those who decided to quit smoking were referred to smoking cessation outpatient clinics."

As routine practice, a brochure provided from the Public Health Directorate on protection from CVD was delivered to the individuals in the control group.