Text4Heart: A text message and Internet-based comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation interventio
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular - Coronary heart diseasePhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitationPublic Health - Other public health
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613000901707
- Lead Sponsor
- eila Pfaeffli
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
1. A clinically documented diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease (myocardial infarction, angina, revascularisation) within the previous 3 weeks
2. eligible for cardiac rehabilitation
3. have access to the Internet (participants will be provided with a basic mobile phone if needed)
Exclusion Criteria
Untreated ventricular tachycardia, severe heart failure, life threatening co-existing disease with life expectancy less than 1 year, and significant exercise limitations other than CVD.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Adherence to lifestyle behaviour change, measured using a composite health behaviour score. Participants are assigned one point for each positive health behaviour, including current non-smoking, not physically inactive, moderate alcohol intake, and fruit and vegetable intake of at least 5 servings a day. Absence of the respective behaviours equates to a zero, thus scores range from 0-4. [Baseline and 24 weeks]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in absolute CVD risk score[Baseline and 24 weeks];Illness perceptions (B-IPQ)[Baseline and 24 weeks];Self-efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease (Stanford Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item scale)[Baseline and 24 weeks];Medication adherence (Morisky 8-item)[24 weeks];Mood (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale)[Baseline and 24 weeks]