Health behavior and disease self-management indicators in patients with cardiovascular diseases using a health app: Findings from an RCT.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prevention of acute cardiovascular events in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) requires promoting health-protective behaviors (e.g., physical activity) and reducing health-compromising behaviors (e.g., sitting). Digital interventions addressing health behavior offer great potential. Based on a multiple behavior change theory, an intervention in the form of a digital health application (app) was evaluated in a pilot trial, testing the following hypotheses (H): H1: Health behaviors (physical activity, sitting) and disease self-management (self-care maintenance, self-care confidence) are closely related; H2: changes in health behaviors and disease self-management indicators over time (T0 to T1) are more pronounced in the intervention group (IG, app users) than in t

SUBMITTER: Lippke S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11999809 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature