NCT02475967

Study Assessing the Effectiveness of a Cardiac Web-based eLearning Platform

eEduHeart I: a Multi-center Randomized, Controlled Trial Investigating the Effectiveness of a Cardiac Web-based eLearning Platform

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hasselt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In the trial cardiac patients will be provided with unrestricted access to the web-based eLearing platform for a one-month period.

Detailed description

Patients participating in the trial will be provided with a cardiac web-based eLearning platform for one month during study period. The medical content of the packages will be gathered from a multidisciplinary input of both medics (e.g. cardiologists) and paramedics (e.g. psychologists). E-Learning packages type I: videos with information from caregivers. In these videos, medics and paramedics are interviewed to highlight the etiology, pathophysiology and treatment of coronary artery disease; the associated comorbidities and the ways to prevent recurrence. E-Learning packages type II: videos in which patients are interviewed. Patients can help each other to adhere to their treatment plan, by sharing stories from their own experience about their illness and the rehabilitation afterwards. Short clips of maximum 2 minutes will be provided to study participants.

Conditions

• Coronary Artery Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intervention group	The intervention group patients have access to the eLearning platform in addition to conventional cardiac care.The content of platform will be gathered from a multidisciplinary input of both medics (e.g. cardiologists) and paramedics (e.g. psychologists). Patients will also contribute to platform content.
OTHER	Control group	The control group patients receive conventional cardiac care alone.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-02-01
• Completion: 2018-02-01
• First posted: 2015-06-19
• Last updated: 2018-02-27

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Belgium