Does offering a hybrid cardiac rehabilitation programme increase uptake and adherence compared to in-person programmes?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Cardiac rehabilitation in people with cardiovascular disease; Circulatory System

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12527081
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Birmingham

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 3 October 2023
• Study Completion: 2024-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 540

Inclusion Criteria

Work package 1 (NACR data):
Invited to cardiac rehabilitation. If there are sufficient numbers the sample will be limited to people who have acute coronary syndrome. This will make the sample homogeneous in terms of the index condition.

Work package 2 (qualitative):
1. Staff involved in the delivery or management of a cardiac rehabilitation service offering a hybrid programme using
Active_me for the remote part of the programme
2. Patients who were offered and/or engaged with a hybrid cardiac rehab programme using Active+me

Exclusion Criteria

Work package 1 (NACR data):
Does not meet the inclusion criteria

Work package 2 (qualitative):
1. Staff not involved in the delivery or management of a cardiac rehabilitation service offering a hybrid programme using Active_me for the remote part of the programme
2. Patients who were not offered the hybrid cardiac rehab programme using Active+me

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ptake of cardiac rehabilitation, defined as attending at least one CR session, either in-person or remotely, recorded on the NACR database within 6 months of referral. A session will be defined in accordance with version 1.2 of the BACPR/NACR definition (June 2020).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Adherence to cardiac rehabilitation will be measured as at least 50% of planned cardiac rehabilitation sessions attended and a completion date recorded within approx. 6 months after programme start<br>2. Health-related quality of life measured by the Dartmouth CO-OP charts measured at programme start and end (approx. 3 months) <br>3. Anxiety and depression scores measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at programme start and end (approx. 3 months)<br>4. Fitness measured by incremental shuttle walk test or 6-minute walk test at programme start and end (approx. 3 months) <br>5. Smoking cessation measured using self report at programme start and end (approx. 3 months) <br>6. Self-report of 150 min physical activity/week at programme end (approx. 3 months)