Heart2Heart: a digital peer support programme for people with heart disease: protocol for a community-based, investigator-blinded randomised controlled trial conducted in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cardiac rehabilitation is known to reduce morbidity and improve quality of life in people living with heart disease, however, adherence, access and completion of these programmes is suboptimal. Peer support may offer an opportunity to close this service gap. The aim of the study is to determine whether the effectiveness of a digital peer support programme for people living with heart disease is effective in improving social connectedness, clinical and patient-reported outcomes and experience measures.

Methods and analysis

Heart2Heart is a community-based randomised controlled trial with 6 months follow-up for the primary outcome and 6 and 12 months for secondary outcomes. Approximately 752 adults with a diagnosis of heart disease in the past 12 months will be re

SUBMITTER: Redfern J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11831262 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature