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Psychosocial, mental and suboptimal health measures are not affected by provision of abdominal aortic calcification imaging results: a 12-week RCT Simone Radavelli-Bagatini (8830565) Lauren C Blekkenhorst (13318047) Catherine P Bondonno (13318053) Jack Dalla Via (12296720) Marc Sim (542354) Abadi K Gebre (13435284) James Dimmock (830450) John T Schousboe (13474897) Richard J Woodman (8405550) Kun Zhu (447919) Pawel Szulc (6697379) Ben Jackson (128953) Wei Wang (17594) Markus P Schlaich (9715079) Douglas P Kiel (10774118) Wai H Lim (8752200) Amanda Devine (662048) Moira Sim (83047) Robin Daly (13091373) Jonathan M Hodgson (13318062) Joshua R Lewis (13318065) Health services and systems Biomedical and clinical sciences Public health Health sciences Clinical sciences Social Determinants of Health Prevention Women's Health Aging Depression Brain Disorders Clinical Research Health Disparities and Racial or Ethnic Minority Health Research Heart Disease Behavioral and Social Science Mental Health Cardiovascular Health Disparities Mental health 3 Good Health and Well Being Introduction The provision of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) imaging results can elicit cardiovascular disease (CVD)-risk reducing behaviours. However, its impact on psychosocial, mental and suboptimal health measures is less clear. Methods Secondary analyses of a previously reported 12-week, single-blind, randomised controlled trial (RCT) including 240 community-dwelling older Australian men and women. Participants were provided with AAC imaging results and CVD risk-reducing educational resources (AAC+Ed, n=121) or education alone (Control+Ed, n=119). Psychosocial distress, mental health score and suboptimal health status were estimated using validated questionnaires. Linear mixed models were used to compare changes between groups across 12 weeks. Results 240 participants (mean ± SD, age 67.8 ± 5.0 years, 57.5% females) were randomised and 227 (95%) completed the study. Approximately 57% had evidence of AAC (≥1 on a 24-point scale) at baseline. Providing AAC imaging results to older men and women did not affect psychosocial health, mental health and suboptimal health (all p>0.05) measures compared to Control+Ed. The mean net differences for change (95%CI) for depression, anxiety and stress were -0.50 (-1.42, 0.42), -0.20 (-0.81, 0.41) and -0.21 (-1.18, 0.76), respectively; the mean net difference for change (95%CI) for mental health component score was 1.69 (-1.29, 4.67) and for total suboptimal health status was -0.84 (-2.08, 0.39). Conclusions In older men and women, the provision of AAC results with education on CVD risk factors did not alter measures of psychosocial, mental, and suboptimal health status over 12 weeks compared to education alone. The study was registered at www.anzctr.org.au ACTRN12618001087246. 2026-05-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 10.26187/deakin.34021056 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Psychosocial_mental_and_suboptimal_health_measures_are_not_affected_by_provision_of_abdominal_aortic_calcification_imaging_results_a_12-week_RCT/34021056 CC BY 4.0