Medium Term Health Coaching and Life-long Monitoring in Cardiovascular Disease in Norrbotten

Luleå Tekniska Universitet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes; Quality of Life; Heart Disease

Treatments: Procedure: Health Coaching and Life-long Monitoring

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01478672

LTU-Medium health coaching

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the introduction of large-scale personalized and technology supported telemonitoring and health coaching interventions produces benefits in terms of health related quality of life, health status and empowerment of patients with a cardiovascular disease. In addition, the trials evaluate the economical and organizational impact of the new services and examine their acceptability by patients and health professionals.

Enrollment: 741 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of arterial hypertension ischemic heart disease,
• atrial fibrillation or other arrhythmia,
• congestive heart failure (study heart disease)
• HbA1C > 53mmol/mol (study diabetes)
• Age > 18 years
• Capability of filling in questionnaires in the own language
• Capability to use the devices provided
• Being cognitively able to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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741 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard care

No Intervention group

Health coaching and and Life-long Monitoring

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Health Coaching and Life-long Monitoring