Congenital Heart Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:Remote cardiac rehabilitation/fitness (CardiFIT)
Sponsors
West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
5 Years to 18 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Male or female aged 5 to 18 years old; (2) Patients with a CHD, as defined by the international ACC-CHD classification; (3) CPET performed within the last 3 months with VO2max < 80% of predicted VO2max or VAT < 50% of predicted VO2max; (4) Patients/their guardians have basic information literacy, own smart mobile terminals (such as cells, tablets, etc.), and can skillfully operate mobile applications; (5) Written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Absolute contraindications for CPET: fever, uncontrolled asthma, respiratory failure, acute myocarditis or pericarditis, severe hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, uncontrolled arrhythmias causing symptoms or haemodynamic compromise, uncontrolled heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, acute pulmonary embolus or pulmonary infarction, symptomatic aortic stenosis, and children with mental impairment leading to inability to cooperate; (2) Recent (<3 months) intracardiac thrombus, embolism, or thrombophlebitis; (3) Cardiac surgery planned during the study; (4) Patient who have undertaken cardiac rehabilitation within the last 24 months; (5) Acute systemic illness or severe musculoskeletal abnormalities; (6) Patients with a severe intellectual disability that does not allow the completion of the quality of life questionnaire; (7) Patients participating in concurrent interventional research which may overburden the patient or confound data collection; (8) Patients considered being unable to participate in the study for any other reason (for example, psychiatric disorder, dementia, life-threatening comorbidity, etc.).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Peak Oxygen Uptake; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physical Activity Level;Health-Related Quality of Life;Cardiac Function and Structure;Body Component;Self-Perceptions of Adequacy in and Predilection for Physical Activity;Anxiety and Depression;The Activity Support Parenting;Perceiced Caregiver Burden;Care-related Quality of Life;Quality of Life; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLuo Biru
West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University
Outcome results
None listed