None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
To establish the feasibility, patient acceptability, effect on risk factors and thereby overall potential of repeated semi-personalized lifestyle reminders sent via mobile phone text messages in a population at high risk of cardiovascular events. The main hypothesis that will be tested is that a program of brief and repeated lifestyle messages will improve cardiovascular risk factor levels compared to usual care.
Interventions
Patients will receive regular semi-personalized lifestyle reminders sent via mobile phone text messages for 6 months. Each participants will receive 4 text messages per week for 6 months. These will be sent at random times of the day (9.00am, 12noon, 3.00pm, 5.00pm) and on random days of the week (Monday through Friday). Non-smokers will receive two general messages, one nutritional message and one physical activity message per week. Smokers will receive one general message, one nutritional
Patients will receive regular semi-personalized lifestyle reminders sent via mobile phone text messages for 6 months. Each participants will receive 4 text messages per week for 6 months. These will be sent at random times of the day (9.00am, 12noon, 3.00pm, 5.00pm) and on random days of the week (Monday through Friday). Non-smokers will receive two general messages, one nutritional message and one physical activity message per week. Smokers will receive one general message, one nutritional message, one physical activity message and one smoking cessation message per week. Messages will be practical in nature, less than 160 characters in length and will be generic for varying age and genders. Prior to study commencement, a bank of 100 messages will be developed based on scientific literature and multidisciplinary expert review and finalised via a qualitative review process.
Sponsors
Dr Clara Chow
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Any patient over the age of 18 who has come to hospital for investigation of coronary artery disease, or who has been admitted to hospital for cardiovascular disease
Exclusion criteria
Under 18 years of age, unable to read english (unable to read text messages) or patients without access to mobile phone.
Outcome results
None listed