Developing and evaluating an education programme aimed at increasing physical activity in individuals with diagnosed coronary heart disease: a randomised controlled trial

niversity of Leicester0 sites291 target enrollmentFebruary 27, 2017

Overview

Registry

who.int

Start Date

February 27, 2017

End Date

January 2, 2020

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

niversity of Leicester

•Current participant inclusion criteria as of 13/02/2019:
•1\. Aged 18 years or older
•2\. 12\-48 months post confirmed diagnosis of a cardiac event (myocardial infarction, angina or acute coronary syndrome)
•3\. Able to speak and read English to participate effectively in a group education programme
•4\. Willing and able to attend the education sessions and clinic visits
•5\. Willing and able to give informed consent
•6\. Access to a mobile phone in order to receive text messages
•7\. Willingness to allow GP notification of their participation in study and access to patient records for purpose of study
•8\. Able to take part in moderate physical activity as assessed using Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT) (Level three or above)
•Previous participant inclusion criteria:

•1\. Individuals with a diagnosis of heart failure where the underlying primary cause is not myocardial disease as a result of atherosclerosis will be excluded from this study
•2\. Musculoskeletal limitations that would limit physical activity (e.g. musculoskeletal injury)
•3\. Participation in another clinical intervention study in the past 12 weeks
•4\. Lacks capacity to give informed consent
•5\. Severe life\-threatening co\-morbidity (e.g. malignancy)
•6\. Poor exercise capacity, (\< level three on the ISWT \[120 metres]), these individuals will be directed back into cardiac rehabilitation (good practice)
•7\. Housebound or immobile
•8\. Unstable symptoms (chest pain or breathlessness at rest; unstable stage II hypertension \[160/100mmHg], not on necessary medications)
•9\. Individuals with no or limited understanding of written or verbal English