NCT04330560

Exercise-based Telerehabilitation in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Feasibility and Preliminary Evaluation and the Effects of Exercise-based Telerehabilitation on the Acceptability and Safety, and Clinical Effectiveness Among Patients With Coronary Heart Disease Undergoing the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Malaya · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The intervention will involve a system that comprises a wrist-worn activity tracker and a smartphone app that acts as a medium to link to the healthcare website

Detailed description

Feasibility study objective: - To investigate the feasibility and preliminary of exercise-based telerehabilitation before undertaking full-scale RCT. Randomized control trial objective: - 1. Primary Objective: To determine the exercise capacity among patients with CHD, 2. Secondary Objectives: To assess patient exercise adherence and determine the changes in other clinical health outcomes. Study Population: Patients with coronary heart disease Description of Sites/Facilities Enrolling Participants: Patient engagement with the cardiac rehabilitation phase 2 (CRP2) at the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). Description of Study Intervention: This study is a mixed-methods study consisting of a quantitative study (feasibility, preliminary evaluation, and full randomized control trial) and a qualitative study (interviewing). The present study will be conducting a single-blinded, three-arm, parallel over a 12-weeks study period during CRP2. Measurement will be collected during pre-and post-test.

Conditions

• Coronary Heart Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Exercise telemonitoring connects to healthcare platform	The participant is required to wear the fitness tracker every day during waking hours throughout the 12 weeks of intervention (except during sleeping, bathing, and swimming) link to the healthcare practitioner
DEVICE	Exercise self-monitoring	The participant is required to wear the fitness tracker every day during waking hours throughout the 12 weeks of intervention (except during sleeping, bathing, and swimming) for exercise self-monitoring.
DEVICE	Exercise teleconsultation	Conducted through smartphone video call app.
PROCEDURE	Other CR components	Including dietary, psychology, education conducted at the center.
PROCEDURE	Standard care	Undergoing standard care by cardiac rehabilitation at the center

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-01
• Primary completion: 2021-05-26
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2020-04-01
• Last updated: 2024-05-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia