Implementation and Evaluation of Telemedicine in Cardiac Rehabilitation
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Cardiac telerehabilitation (video consultation and home monitoring).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cardiac Rehabilitation. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Denmark
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Implementation and Evaluation of Telemedicine in Cardiac Rehabilitation - a Study on Health Literacy, Health Related Quality of Life, and Family Support
Overview
The overall aim is to develop and test the effect of a tailored patient and family focused cardiac tele rehabilitation intervention on health literacy by comparing it to standard care. Furthermore, to evaluate health-related quality of life, family support, and how the patients experience the communication and relationship with outpatient clinic nurses.
Detailed description
The project is designed inspired by The Complex Intervention Framework (MRC-Guidelines) combined with a patient and family participatory design. The project will consist of three sub-studies. The first study is a co-creation development of a model for the cardiac telerehabilitation intervention. The second study is a quasi-experimental study with a quantitative comparison of the group receiving the cardiac telerehabilitation intervention and control group. The third study will be a descriptive qualitative study which aim to investigate patient's experience with CTR using participant observation and individual interview or dyadic interview.
Interventions
- Other Cardiac telerehabilitation (video consultation and home monitoring)
Patients with cardiac disease and earlier experiences with cardiac rehabilitation, family members, and nurses in the Departments of Cardiology at Amager and Hvidovre Hospital will be invited to work in a partnership and through a course of innovative co-creative workshops. It is recommended that usability studies have 5-15 participants, which is why we plan to enroll 3 cardiac patients, 3 relatives and 3 nurses from the outpatient clinic. Through the workshops, a rehabilitation program offering
Primary outcome measures
- Health Literacy Questonnaire [Time frame: 3 months]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- The European Quality of life five dimensions questionnaire [Time frame: 3 months]
- The Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire [Time frame: 3 months]
- The eHealth Literacy Questionnaire [Time frame: 3 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients and their family members affiliated with the Department of Cardiology at Amager and Hvidovre Hospital and attending cardiac rehabilitation.
- Patients diagnosed with ischemic heart disease, heart failure, persistent atrial fibrillation, and cardiac valve surgery.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with substantial language barriers and limited cognitive function.
- Patients who can't use a smart phone, tablet, or computer.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Denmark · 1 center
- University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre — Hvidovre
Publications
- Tjustrup NC, Rosenstrom S, Risom SS, Hove JD, Brodsgaard A. Developing a Cardiac TeleRehabilitation model using co-production with patients, family members, and healthcare professionals. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2026 Jul 16;25(4):782-791. doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvag020. PMID 41559760
- Rosenstrom S, Cecilie Tjustrup N, Kallemose T, Risom SS, Hove JD, Brodsgaard A. Evaluating a co-created model for video consultations in cardiac rehabilitation: impact on health literacy, quality of life and family support-a study protocol. BMJ Open. 2025 Oct 2;15(10):e101099. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101099. PMID 41043840
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06320652 · CUHospital