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Heart2Heart: a digital peer support programme for people with heart disease: protocol for a community-based, investigator-blinded randomised controlled trial conducted in Australia.

Julie Redfern, Emily Li, Andrew Maiorana, Robert Zecchin, Karice K Hyun, Wendan Shi, Joseph Weddell, Shuang Liang, Dion Candelaria, Tom Briffa and 7 more

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17 authors.

Julie RedfernSydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia julie.redfern@sydney.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8707-5563
Emily LiFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Andrew MaioranaSchool of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University-Perth City Campus, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0681-1707
Robert ZecchinCardiac Rehabilitation Services, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
Karice K HyunSchool of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0164-7725
Wendan ShiSydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Joseph WeddellSydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-8015
Shuang LiangThe University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3865-8655
Dion CandelariaNursing, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Tom BriffaSchool of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-0012-6461
Adrian BaumanSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Gemma FigtreeFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5080-6083
Maree L HackettFaculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, George Institute for Global Health, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1211-9087
Chi Kin LawThe University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Qiang TuFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-3347
Richard LindleyMedicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0104-5679
Robyn GallagherSydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCardiac rehabilitation is known to reduce morbidity and improve quality of life in people living with heart disease, however, adherence, access and completion of these programmes is suboptimal. Peer support may offer an opportunity to close this service gap. The aim of the study is to determine whether the effectiveness of a digital peer support programme for people living with heart disease is effective in improving social connectedness, clinical and patient-reported outcomes and experience measures. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Heart2Heart is a community-based randomised controlled trial with 6 months follow-up for the primary outcome and 6 and 12 months for secondary outcomes. Approximately 752 adults with a diagnosis of heart disease in the past 12 months will be recruited from the general community and Australian cardiac rehabilitation programmes. Control group will participate in usual care, while intervention group will have access to a 6 months intervention that enables peer support via an interactive mobile application, in addition to usual care. The intervention includes online discussion groups, access to resources and facilitated conversations with health professionals. Primary outcome is social connectedness at 6 months follow-up. Secondary outcomes (6 and 12 months) will be all-cause/cardiovascular disease hospital admissions, all-cause mortality, lifestyle (sufficiently physically active, not smoking, sufficient fruit and vegetable consumption), proportion taking prescribed medications and health service utilisation (medical appointments, cardiac rehabilitation, participation in any other in-person peer support activities). Patient-reported outcome and experience measures including self-efficacy, quality of life, satisfaction and programme engagement will be analysed at 6 months. Process measures will include application analytics, barriers and facilitators to engagement with the intervention from participant's perspective. An intention-to-treat analysis will be used. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical clearance was obtained from Western Sydney Local Health District Ethics Committee. Heart2Heart has potential to improve social connectedness and provide a valuable addition to traditional cardiac rehabilitation. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12624000386538.

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Cardiac RehabilitationHeart DiseasesPeer GroupSocial SupportAdultAustraliaFemaleHumansMaleMobile ApplicationsPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicCardiovascular DiseaseCoronary heart diseaseeHealthPreventive Health ServicesREHABILITATION MEDICINESocial Interaction

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