Smartphone application-based behavioural intervention for cardiac rehabilitation and the effect on hospital readmissions: The ToDo-Cardiac Rehabilitation (ToDo-CR) randomised control trial

niversity of Canberra0 sites144 target enrollmentSeptember 4, 2019

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

September 4, 2019

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

niversity of Canberra

•Participants will be eligible to take part in the study if they are aged 18\+, are currently enrolled in the phase II CR programs at TCH, Calvary and NCPH and have a smartphone compatible with the apps.
•Participants will be included if they have stable CHD and are receiving optimal medical treatment \+/\- revascularisation (i.e. coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)), or have had a myocardial infarction (MI).
•Eligible participants must have adequate language (English speaking) and vision to use/operate their smartphone. Participants must have adequate cognitive skills to agree to take part in the RCT, understanding what will be required of them. The CR staff will determine whether a participant has adequate cognitive skills to be involved in the study, assessing their level of understanding via methods such as getting the participants to repeat back what they are agreeing to and their understanding of the research project. No formal testing of cognition will take place.

•Participants will be excluded if they have New York Heart Association class II\-IV symptoms of heart failure (or documented signs and symptoms of chronic heart failure, with ejection fraction \< 45%), uncontrolled arrhythmias, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, uncontrolled hypertension, symptomatic peripheral artery disease, unstable angina, uncontrolled diabetes, are unable to perform a submaximal walking test, or are unable to wear an accelerometer due to disability (e.g. if they are confined to a wheelchair). Participants will also be excluded if they have a pre\-paid phone plan (limited data availability) or if the smartphone’s operating system is not compatible with all apps.