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Trial reportEuropean journal of preventive cardiology2020

Long-term follow-up with a smartphone application improves exercise capacity post cardiac rehabilitation: A randomized controlled trial.

Pernille Lunde, Asta Bye, Astrid Bergland, Jostein Grimsmo, Even Jarstad, Birgitta Blakstad Nilsson

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in European journal of preventive cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06984172 (Effectiveness of Cardiac Rehabilitation With Remote Connection Device for Patients After Surgery for Acquired Heart Valve Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 68 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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68citing papers in PubMed, 15 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06984172 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of Cardiac Rehabilitation With Remote Connection Device for Patients After Surgery for Acquired Heart Valve Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorHanoi Medical UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled44ConditionsValvular DiseasesArmsRemote cardiac rehabilitation, Facility-based cardiac rehabilitation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Smartphone application-based interventions for cardiometabolic risk factor management: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
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  3. Smartphone application-based intervention to lower blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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  7. Home-based versus centre-based cardiac rehabilitation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  8. Benefits of Using Smartphones and Other Digital Methods in Achieving Better Cardiac Rehabilitation Goals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Pernille LundeDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
Asta ByeDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
Astrid BerglandDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
Jostein GrimsmoNorwegian Heart and Lung Patient Organization, LHL-Hospital Gardermoen, Norway.
Even JarstadNorwegian Sport Medicine Clinic (NIMI), Department of Cardiology and Exercise Physiology, Norway.
Birgitta Blakstad NilssonDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · NOLandsforeningen for hjerte- og lungesyke · NONorwegian School of Sport Sciences · NOOslo University Hospital · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMobile health interventions, especially smartphone applications (apps), have been proposed as promising interventions for supporting adherence to healthy behaviour in patients post cardiac rehabilitation (CR). The overall aim of the study was to examine the effect of individualized follow-up with an app for one year on peak oxygen uptake (VO

designThe study was designed as a single-blinded multicentre randomized controlled trial.

methodsThe intervention group (IG) received individualized follow-up enabled with an app for one year, while the control group (CG) received usual care. The primary outcome was difference in VO

resultsIn total, 113 patients completing CR (73.4% with coronary artery disease, 16.8% after valve surgery and 9.8% with other heart diseases) were randomly allocated to the IG or CG. Intention to treat analyses showed a statistically significant difference in VO

conclusionsIndividualized follow-up for one year with an app significantly improved VO

Indexed as

Mobile ApplicationsQuality of LifeSmartphoneTelemedicineCardiac RehabilitationCoronary Artery DiseaseExercise ToleranceFollow-Up StudiesHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareRetrospective StudiesSingle-Blind MethodTime Factorscardiac rehabilitationlifestyleMHealthmobile phone appsmartphone

Identifiers

PMID32106713
PMCPMC7564298
OpenAlexW3006905406

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