The Impact of Structured Patient Education Material in Improving Clinical and Behavioural Outcomes in Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme Participants: A Randomised Controlled Trial Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Malaya
- Enrollment
- 21
- Locations
- 1
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to find out if newly developed, culturally adapted educational videos-sent through a mobile messaging app-can help people with coronary heart disease do better in a home-based cardiac rehabilitation program in Malaysia.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Do the educational videos help participants improve their fitness?
- Do the videos help participants better understand heart health and stick to a healthy lifestyle?
Researchers will compare the educational videos to existing standard educational materials to see if the video-based education is more helpful for supporting rehabilitation at home.
Participants will:
- Take part in a 12-week home-based cardiac rehabilitation program
- Receive either educational videos or standard education materials
- Meet with the cardiac rehabilitation team every 4 weeks
- Complete a treadmill exercise test, blood tests, and questionnaires before and after the program.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
All of the parties are masked except the treating physician and non-participating investigator (a staff nurse), who maintained the allocation concealment list throughout the end of the trials.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosed as any form of ischaemic heart disease;
- •Classified as low to moderate risk based on American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) criteria through Exercise Stress Test (EST);
- •Cognitively intact and able to provide informed consent;
- •Literate and capable of utilising educational material;
- •Able to use and operate a smartphone with an exercise activity tracker (EAT).
Exclusion Criteria
- •- Classified as high risk according to the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
