eHealth Tools for Improving Brain-Heart Health in the Australian Community

In Australian adults, are an interactive website and a smartphone application more effective than an information-based website in health behaviour change related to brain-heart health, at one month and four month follow-ups?

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612000886886

Enrollment

300

Registered

2012-08-21

Start date

2012-09-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This project aims to evaluate a range of eHealth (i.e. healthcare using the internet; e.g. websites, apps) tools that have been designed to raise awareness of the link between brain and heart health and to help people make positive lifestyle changes.

Interventions

Intervention #1: BrainyApp BrainyApp is a mobile device application designed to raise awareness of the link between brain and heart health, and to help users make positive lifestyle changes. Users complete a Brain Health Survey and then engage in the recommended activities to improve in areas where they have scored poorly. The duration of the intervention is four weeks, and the frequency of use is at the participants' discretion. Intervention #2: The Brain-Heart Health+ Program The Brain-Heart Health+ Program is an interactive web-based program designed to raise awareness of the link between brain and heart health, and to help users make positive lifestyle changes. Users complete a Brain Health Survey and then complete a series of online modules in order to improve in areas where they have scored poorly. The Brain-Heart Health+ Program is also designed to provide users with an overview of the scientific evidence supporting the link between brain and heart health, as well as giving users practical tips, resources, and updates. The duration of the intervention is four weeks, and the frequency of use is at the participants' discretion.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Be aged over eighteen 2. Speak English 3. Have daily access to an internet-enabled mobile phone or tablet, email, and internet 4. Be healthy enough to undertake physical exercise 5. Not have a psychiatric or neurological condition 6. Not have previously engaged with the evaluation tools

Exclusion criteria

Detailed in inclusion criteria above.

Outcome results