Aim: To evaluate the effects of a personalised mHealth-supported coach programme on the adoption of health-promoting behaviours in the middle-aged group, in comparison with usual care.~Design: A 24-month prospective two-arm, parallel-group, single-blinded, repeated-measure randomised controlled trial will be conducted.~Participants: People who aged between 40 and 64, mentally competent, have a non-laboratory INTERHEART risk score (IHRS) of 10 or higher, communicable in Chinese and free from stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) or other cardiovascular disease will be eligible to the study. A total of 164 participants will be recruited through a district community centre and randomly assigned on 1:1 ratio to the intervention group or the control group.~Intervention: A theory-based mHealth-supported coach programme, including individual consultation sessions and a mobile application with a virtual sharing platform, is developed by a multidisciplinary team for the intervention group over three months, whereas the control group receives usual care.
A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effects of a personalised mHealth-supported coach programme in the middle-aged group with stroke risk.