Group-based Cardiac Telerehabilitation and Its Effectiveness

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

198 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-01

Study Completion Date

2025-12-01

Brief Summary

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and coronary artery diseases (CAD) are the most common cause of death worldwide. After an acute cardiac event, prevention of new cardiac events is essential and reduces suffering. Group-based cardiac telerehabilitation (CTR) refers to the use of information and communication technologies for rehabilitation purposes in promoting CAD patients´ health.

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Detailed Description

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This study aims to assess the group-based cardiac telerehabilitation model and its effectiveness. The data is collected from two University hospitals in Finland. Patients with coronary heart disease two months after percutaneous coronary intervention (N=198) are invited to the study. All the participants are being treated in a healthcare unit that uses digital care pathways for coronary patients. Patients can choose the usual care or group-based cardiac telerehabilitation as follow-up care. All the patients are invited to the study after the chosen follow-up care (telerehabilitation or usual care). Patients will be allocated into two groups: The telerehabilitation group is the intervention group and the usual care group is the control group. Quality of life, adherence to treatment, and lifestyle changes are measured at the baseline and 3, 6, and 12 after the intervention baseline.

Conditions

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Coronary Artery Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants' quality of life (measured with the 15D quality of life instrument), lifestyle changes, and adherence to treatment will be measured using quantitative methods with a quasi-experimental research design and interrupted time- series design. The power analysis for the study will be conducted using Finnish population norms for the 15D instrument. The sample size will be 198 cardiac rehabilitation participants (N=198), with 99 participants in the intervention group (N=99) and 99 participants in the control group (N=99). With this sample size, a power of over 80% (p=0.05) will be achieved to detect a difference of 0.12 (0.95 vs. 0.83, SD=0.3) in quality of life between the groups.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

All the participants are being treated in a healthcare unit that uses digital care pathways for coronary patients. Patients can choose the usual care or group-based cardiac telerehabilitation as follow-up care. All the patients are invited to the study after the chosen follow-up care (telerehabilitation or usual care)

Study Groups

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Goup-based cardiac telerehabilitation

Group-based cardiac telerehabilitation promotes information, skills, and support for the management of coronary artery disease in coronary patients. The rehabilitation model includes independent familiarization with information content, assignments, and group meetings, as well as the opportunity for a chat and peer support. The intervention is a health professional- lead, and registered rehabilitation model with a start and end.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Group- based cardiac telerehabilitation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Group-based cardiac telerehabilitation promotes information, skills, and support for the management of coronary artery disease in coronary patients. The rehabilitation model includes independent familiarization with information content, assignments, and group meetings, as well as the opportunity for a chat and peer support. The intervention is a health professional- lead, and registered rehabilitation model with a start and end.

Usual care for cardiac patients

The coronary patient is in primary care under the supervision of a nurse and a doctor.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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