Heart2Heart: a digital peer support programme for people with heart disease: protocol for a community-based, investigator-blinded randomised controlled trial conducted in Australia DOI Creative Commons
Julie Redfern, Emily Li, Andrew Maiorana

et al.

BMJ Open, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. e088740 - e088740

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

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

Language: Английский

Heart2Heart: a digital peer support programme for people with heart disease: protocol for a community-based, investigator-blinded randomised controlled trial conducted in Australia DOI Creative Commons
Julie Redfern, Emily Li, Andrew Maiorana

et al.

BMJ Open, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. e088740 - e088740

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

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

Language: Английский

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