Healthy Habits Program for High Cardiovascular Risk Patients: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who live in the catchment area of the health centers participating in the trial or that have their primary care physician in these centers. or * Patients with a diagnosis of coronary heart disease, and / or transluminal angioplasty and / or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). These diagnoses must have occurred longer than six months from the time of inclusion. or * Patients with a diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident (CVA), transient ischemic attack (TIA), carotid endarterectomy and / or carotid angioplasty. These diagnoses must have occurred longer than six months from the time of inclusion. or * Patients with peripheral arterial disease with or without intermittent claudication, revascularization surgery, bypass placement of arterial and / or peripheral arterial angioplasty. These diagnoses must have occurred longer than six months from the time of inclusion. and * Sedentary persons, defined as less than 90 minutes per week of moderate aerobic physical activity in their daily life (leisure, travel or work). Exclusion Criteria: \- Patients on chronic home monitoring and / or institutionalized before admission or living in a tertiary institution. or * Moderate or severe limitation on functional capacity and / or mobility. or * Patients with dementia. or * Patients diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses that compromise patient autonomy. or * Life expectancy less than 1 year. or * Patients who do not want to take part in the progra…