Leila Pfaeffli Dale|Robyn Whittaker|Helen Eyles|Cliona Ní Mhurchú|Kylie Ball|Natasha Smith|Ralph Maddison
Cardiovascular Disease Self-Management: Pilot Testing of an mHealth Healthy Eating Program
University of Auckland|University of Auckland|University of Auckland|University of Auckland|Deakin University|University of Auckland|University of Auckland
cardiac rehabilitation cr crucial management cardiovascular disease cvd yet attendance poor mobile technology mhealth offers potential solution increase reach cr paper presents two development studies determine mobile phone usage adults cvd evaluate acceptability mhealth healthy eating cr program methods cr attendees surveyed determine mobile phone usage rates second singlesubject pilot study investigated perceptions 4week theorybased healthy eating mhealth program explored prepost changes selfefficacy results 74 adults cvd completed survey 5074 male mean age 63 10 nearly mobile phones 7074 95 used internet 6974 93 interested receiving cr text message 5774 77 20 participants took part healthy eating pilot study participants read allmost text messages 1920 thought using mobile technology good way deliver program website widely used visiting website reported time consuming exploratory ttests revealed increase heart healthy eating selfefficacy post program particular environmental selfefficacy subset mean 062 sd 074 p 0001 conclusions text messaging seen simple acceptable way deliver nutrition information behavior change strategies however future research needed determine effectiveness programs