Konstantinos Antypas|Silje C Wangberg
E-Rehabilitation – an Internet and mobile phone based tailored intervention to enhance self-management of Cardiovascular Disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
University Hospital of North Norway|UiT The Arctic University of Norway|University Hospital of North Norway|UiT The Arctic University of Norway
cardiac rehabilitation important recovery secondary prevention cardiovascular disease one main strategies increase level physical activity internet mobile phone based interventions successfully used help people achieve one components related efficacy interventions tailoring content individual trial studying effect longitudinally tailored internet mobile phone based intervention based models health behaviour level physical activity adherence intervention extension facetoface cardiac rehabilitation stay parallel group cluster randomized controlled trial study population adult participants cardiac rehabilitation programme norway home internet access mobile phone monthly clusters randomized control intervention condition participants access website information regarding cardiac rehabilitation online discussion forum online activity calendar randomized intervention condition receive addition tailored content based models health behaviour website mobile text messages objective assess effect intervention maintenance selfmanagement behaviours rehabilitation stay main outcome level physical activity one month three months one year end cardiac rehabilitation programme randomization clusters based true random number online service participants investigators outcome assessor blinded condition clusters study suggests theorybased intervention combines models health behaviour innovative way order tailor delivered content users actively involved design use opensource software intervention easily lowcost reproduced expanded others challenges recruitment elderly population possible underrepresentation women study sample funding northern norway regional health authority trial registry httpwwwclinicaltrialsgov nct01223170