Medium Term Health Coaching and Life-long Monitoring in Cardiovascular Disease in Norrbotten

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Diabetes; Heart Disease; Quality of Life

• Registration Number: NCT01478672
• Lead Sponsor: Luleå Tekniska Universitet

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the introduction of large-scale personalized and technology supported telemonitoring and health coaching interventions produces benefits in terms of health related quality of life, health status and empowerment of patients with a cardiovascular disease. In addition, the trials evaluate the economical and organizational impact of the new services and examine their acceptability by patients and health professionals.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-03
• Primary Completion: 2011-08
• Study Completion: 2011-09
• Status Verified: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-11-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-11-21
• Study First Posted: 2011-11-23
• Last Update Posted: 2011-11-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 741

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of arterial hypertension ischemic heart disease,
• atrial fibrillation or other arrhythmia,
• congestive heart failure (study heart disease)
• HbA1C > 53mmol/mol (study diabetes)
• Age > 18 years
• Capability of filling in questionnaires in the own language
• Capability to use the devices provided
• Being cognitively able to participate

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
SF-36	12 months follow-up	Questionnaire, 36 questions ref Ware, 2000 version 2

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
HbA1c (for patients with type-2D) Blood pressure for patient with heart disease	12 months follow-up	HbA1c is a long-term sugar / serum glucose test, it is a blood test that gives a measure of blood sugar levels two to three months before sampling.
Bloodpressure	12 months follow-up
Blood lipids	12 months follow-up
Bodyweight	12 months follow-up
Smoking habits	12 months follow-up
Alcohol consumption	12 months follow-up
SOC-13	12 months follow-up	SOC-13 (sense of coherence, SOC) is a term that reflects the ability to cope with stress and is the essence of the salutogenic theory of health. SOC consists of three subordinate concepts, manageability, meaningfulness and comprehensibility.
EQ-5D	12 monts follow-up	EQ5D (5d) is a standardized instrument to measure and describe health outcomes. It can be used to measure health at the individual level in clinical settings and to measure a population's health locally and nationally.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Luleå University of Technology; 🇸🇪 Luleå, Sweden