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ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2019

Effects of individualized follow-up with a smartphone-application after cardiac rehabilitation: protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

Pernille Lunde, Asta Bye, Astrid Bergland, Birgitta Blakstad Nilsson

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Article in BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03174106 (Longterm Follow-up of Cardiac Patients With an Smartphone-Application -A Randomized Clinical Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Longterm Follow-up of Cardiac Patients With an Smartphone-Application -A Randomized Clinical Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorOslo Metropolitan UniversityRan2017 to 2019Enrolled113ConditionsCardiac Rehabilitation, Mobile Health, Smartphone-application, Cardiac DiseaseArmsSmartphone-Application
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pernille Lunde1Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, PB 4, St. Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway.
Asta Bye2Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Astrid Bergland1Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, PB 4, St. Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway.
Birgitta Blakstad Nilsson1Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, PB 4, St. Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway.
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs are evidence-based and widely recommended. However, benefits from CR are likely lost among individuals who discontinue their regular exercise routines and healthy habits. One possible approach to enhance adherence to lifestyle advice after completion of CR, may be individualized follow-up enabled by a smartphone application (app).

methodsA protocol of a single-blinded, pragmatic randomized controlled trial. The study will take place in the eastern part of Norway, and will include heart patients who have completed CR. Participants will be recruited from two CR centers. Based on power calculation, 113 participants will be included. The intervention group will receive individualized follow-up through an app on a weekly basis throughout a year. The app will be set up with the participant's own goals, and the follow-up will be based on these individual goals. The control group will receive usual care, including general advice regarding physical activity, exercise and diet. The participants will be assessed at baseline (at completion of CR) and 12 months after baseline. Primary outcome of the study will be peak oxygen uptake. Secondary outcomes include exercise performance, quality of life, health status, health literacy, self-perceived goal achievement, exercise habits, body weight, blood pressure as well as lipids and triglycerides. DISCUSSION: To our knowledge, this will be the first study to examine the effects of individualized follow-up with an app for one year, in patients completing CR. Hence, it is reasonable to assume that the study may be groundbreaking. Due to the large sample size and the theoretically based intervention, the study has the potential to generate new knowledge that may improve the design of future technology-based follow-up interventions of patients that have completed rehabilitation.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov. NCT03174106. First registration, 19/05/2017.

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Cardiac rehabilitationLifestylemHealthMobile phone appSmartphone

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