ITM support for patients with chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Simple and scalable strategies are needed to improve 'out-of-hospital' support and management for people living with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and respiratory disease. Text messaging via mobile phones has been shown to be effective in helping promote lifestyle change and is supported by quantitative and qualitative evidence. The aim of this study is to test the effectiveness and implementation of a 6-month text messaging support programme for people with CVD and respiratory disease as an addition to cardiac and pulmonary outpatient rehabilitation.

Methods and analysis

Pragmatic randomised controlled trial (n=310) to test the effectiveness of a 6-month text message support programme on clinical outcomes in people with CVD and chronic respiratory disease who ar

SUBMITTER: Redfern J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6430023 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature