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TeleDiet Study: The Impact of Dietary Education and Counseling With a Smartphone Application on Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Coronary Artery Disease
Interventions
Device: Smartphone application
Registration Number
NCT05071495
Lead Sponsor
Jessa Hospital
Brief Summary

Digital cardiology is gaining power in the field of preventive cardiology recently, and several trials have already shown good results of dietary therapy with digital cardiology. However, there has been no reports that showed effect of dietary counseling through digital cardiology for secondary prevention of coronary artery disease.

TeleDiet study investigates the impact of dietary therapy with a smartphone application on the content of meals and metabolic parameters for patients with coronary artery disease.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Owning a smartphone and able to use it
  2. Written informed consent obtained
  3. Starting cardiac rehabilitation
  4. Coronary artery disease
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Special diet due to other reasons (eg. renal diet, pancreatic insufficiency diet)
  2. Age <18 years old
  3. Pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention groupSmartphone application-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
MedDiet score (the Mediterranean diet score)Up to 3 months

This score has the extreme values of 0 (minimum) and 55 (maximum). Higher scores mean a better outcome.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Blood glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testUp to 3 months
Values of self-efficacy (questionnaire of General Self-Efficacy Scale [GSE])Up to 3 months

This scale has the extreme values of 10 (minimum) and 40 (maximum). Higher scores mean a better outcome.

Values of quality of life (Health-related Quality of Life questionnaire [HeartQoL])Up to 3 months

This scale has the extreme values of 0 (minimum) and 42 (maximum). Higher scores mean a better outcome.

Parameters in the ergospirometer test (anaerobic threshold [AT])Up to 3 months
Values of medication adherence (questionnaire of Identification of Medication Adherence Barriers [IMAB])Up to 3 months

This scale has the extreme values of 30 (minimum) and 150 (maximum). Higher scores mean a worse outcome.

Blood lipid tests (LDL-cholesterol [LDL-C], HDL-cholesterol [HDL-C], and triglyceride [TG])Up to 3 months
Blood creatinine (Cr) testUp to 3 months
Parameters in the ergospirometer test (maximal oxygen consumption [VO2 max])Up to 3 months
Body weight (BW)Up to 3 months
Body mass index (BMI)Up to 3 months

Weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Jessa Hospital

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Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium

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