Coronary artery disease
Conditions
Interventions
usual care:health education
Intervention:eHealth cardiac rehabilitation
Sponsors
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients eligible for the study if they (1) are 18 years or above; (2) admitted for an index diagnosis of CHD as documented in the medical record; (3) access to the Internet at home via computer or smart phone (use internet search such as Baidu or software such as WeChat); (4) understand and speak Chinese; and (5) no exercise restriction according to the doctors prescription for post-discharge care in the medial record and doctors confirmation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with a diagnosis of acute psychotic disease/ life-limiting condition, absolute and relative contradictions to exercise testing and training and high risk for exercise prescription according to American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) guideline (AACVPR, 2013; Diniz et al., 2017; OGara et al., 2013), and not discharge to home will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Health behavior; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJing Jing Su
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed