Overview
PREMAP invites residents of the Eloisa region (South Savo, Finland) turning 45, 50, or 55 years of age in 2026 to undergo a blood-based NMR metabolomics risk assessment for five interlinked cardio-renal-metabolic conditions (type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease/myocardial infarction, stroke/cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and fatty liver disease), alongside a mental wellbeing assessment (WHO-5 Well-Being Index). Based on this risk profile, participants are classified as low, moderate, or high multi-disease risk. Participants at moderate or high risk are individually randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to one of three digital health interventions for up to 12 months: a habit-based lifestyle application (BitHabit), a structured digital lifestyle coaching programme (Onnikka), or a guideline-based digital self-care pathway (Oma Eloisa, comparator). Participants at high risk additionally receive a physician consultation and optimization of guideline-directed medical therapy. All participants, including the non-randomized low-risk group, are followed prospectively at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. The study evaluates whether early risk identification and risk-stratified digital interventions reduce future disease risk and improve wellbeing and estimates the cost-effectiveness of the overall approach for the Finnish healthcare system.
Description
The study addresses an evidence gap: no published pragmatic, randomized trial has directly compared digital lifestyle intervention platforms in a population prospectively risk-stratified through NMR metabolomics in a real-world public-sector setting. PREMAP combines a prospective, population-based cohort (all enrolled participants, followed regardless of risk group) with an embedded pragmatic, open-label, three-arm randomized controlled trial restricted to participants classified as moderate or high multi-disease risk. The non-randomized low-risk group receives its risk result and general health information and is followed as a naturalistic reference group; withholding a risk result or randomizing this group to an active digital intervention was judged neither scientifically nor ethically justified.
At the population cohort level, the study evaluates change from baseline to 6 months in the five NMR-derived disease-specific risk predictions and in the WHO-5 wellbeing score across all enrolled participants. Within the embedded randomised substudy, the three digital health arms are compared head-to-head on the same two outcome domains at 6 months, adjusting for guideline-directed medical therapy status and relevant covariates. Secondary objectives include patient-reported outcomes (health-related quality of life, work productivity, health activation, life satisfaction), clinical and health-register-based outcomes (incident diagnoses, new prescriptions, hospitalization, sickness absence) over at least 12 months, and a health economic evaluation using patient-level Monte Carlo microsimulation to estimate cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained, from both healthcare payer and societal perspectives.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Permanent resident of the Eloisa Wellbeing Services County (South Savo, Finland), or has selected Eloisa primary health care as their primary public care provider
- Turning 45, 50, or 55 years of age during calendar year 2026
- NMR metabolomics-based risk assessment result classified as low, moderate, or high multi-disease risk
- Able to provide written informed consent digitally
- Able to use a smartphone, tablet, or computer for digital application access
- Resident of Finland with a Finnish personal identity code (required for health register linkage)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently pregnant or breastfeeding
- Incarcerated or under forensic psychiatric care
- Significantly impaired capacity for self-determination
- Insufficient proficiency in Finnish to provide informed consent and complete study procedures
- No Finnish personal identity code
