Using a mHealth Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation Clients

AdventHealth University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Physical Activity; Cardiac Rehabilitation

Treatments: Device: mHealth 1; Device: mHealth 2

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05795036

1848850-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, the investigators will implement a pilot project of using activity tracker (i.e., Fitbit) with phase III CR clients. The study will record the participants' daily steps and sleep patterns for 8 consecutive weeks in natural settings. Two specific aims are identified for this project:

1. Develop an intervention protocol using mHealth to promote Phase III CR clients' self-monitoring of PA.
2. Examine the efficacy of the intervention on clients' PA, sleep patterns, functional capacity and QoL.

Full description

In this study, the investigators will implement a pilot project of using activity tracker (i.e., Fitbit) with phase III CR clients. The study will record the clients' daily steps and sleep patterns for 8 consecutive weeks in natural settings. Two specific aims are identified for this project:

1. Develop an intervention protocol using mHealth to promote Phase III CR clients' self-monitoring of PA.
2. Examine the efficacy of the intervention on clients' PA, sleep patterns, functional capacity and QoL.

Enrollment: 46 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• currently receiving Phase III CR at Hope Clinic
• are 18 years of age or older
• can read and communicate in English
• able to follow instructions to walk
• provided signed informed consent
• willing to wear Fitbit throughout the study
• owns a smartphone with text messaging capability (participants need to decide ahead of time if they have a phone plan that is compatible with taking additional text messages without undue financial burden for themselves)
• willing to receive text messages and phone calls from the research team.

Exclusion criteria

• are pregnant or lactating
• have scheduled surgery or traveling within the next 8 weeks
• currently participating in other health promotion program
• sufficiently or overly active, as determined by a physical activity monitor worn for one week, indicating averaging ≥ 7,500 steps per day ("somewhat overly active").

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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46 participants in 1 patient group

Hope Clinic

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be recruited from clients admitted to the Phase III CR program at Hope Clinic. An information sheet introducing this study will be provided to clients by the assigned therapist at the Hope clinic after admission.

Treatment:

Device: mHealth 2

Device: mHealth 1