SMARTphone and social media-based Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention (SMART-CR/SP) for patients with coronary heart disease in China: a randomised controlled trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rapidly increasing in developing countries, however access to cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention (CR/SP) in these countries is limited. Alternative delivery models that are low-cost and easy to access are urgently needed to address this service gap. The objective of this study is to investigate whether a smartphone and social media-based (WeChat) home CR/SP programme can facilitate risk factor monitoring and modification to improve disease self-management and health outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) therapy.

Methods and analysis

We propose a single-blind, randomised controlled trial of 300 patients post-PCI with follow-up over 12 months

SUBMITTER: Dorje T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042601 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature