A lifestyle program for cardiac patients

A self-regulation intervention for maintenance of lifestyle change following cardiac rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN06198717

Enrollment

200

Registered

2011-10-10

Start date

2008-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Coronary heart disease Circulatory System Other forms of acute ischaemic heart disease

Interventions

1. The experimental condition received the lifestyle intervention 2. The control condition received usual care

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Dutch-speaking 2. Under 75 years of age 3. Diagnosed with ischemic coronary heart disease 4. Attending cardiac rehabilitation at the Rijnlands Revalidatie Centrum

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Currently receiving psychiatric treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Cardiac risk factors at time 1 (post cardiac rehabilitiation), time 2 (6 months later), time 3 (15 months later): 1. Blood pressure (automated blood pressure monitors: Microlife BPA100) 2. Cholesterol levels (blood samples collected by the SCAL Medical Diagnostics Centre) 3. Weight (digital weighing scales: Microlife WS100) 4. Waist circumference (measured to the nearest 0.1 cm at the level of the umbilicus while standing using inflexible tape) 5. Smoking (self-report) 6. Cardiac admissions to hospital (self-report)	—

Measure

Time frame

Cardiac risk factors at time 1 (post cardiac rehabilitiation), time 2 (6 months later), time 3 (15 months later): 1. Blood pressure (automated blood pressure monitors: Microlife BPA100) 2. Cholesterol levels (blood samples collected by the SCAL Medical Diagnostics Centre) 3. Weight (digital weighing scales: Microlife WS100) 4. Waist circumference (measured to the nearest 0.1 cm at the level of the umbilicus while standing using inflexible tape) 5. Smoking (self-report) 6. Cardiac admissions to hospital (self-report)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
At time 1 (post cardiac rehabilitiation), time 2 (6 months later), time 3 (15 months later): 1. Lifestyle behaviours 1.1. Physical activity (Yamax SW-200 pedometer) 1.2. Dietary behaviour (Maastricht Food Questionnaire) 2. Psychosocial wellbeing: 2.1. Quality of life (MacNew Health-Related Quality of Life questionnaire) 2.2. Anxiety and depression (SCL-90 questionnaire; measured only at T1 and T3) 2.3. Illness perceptions (Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire) 2.4. Self-regulation skills (Self-Regulation Skills Battery questionnaire) 2.5. Treatment self-regulation (Deci & Ryan Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire) 2.6. Benefit-finding (Benefit-Finding Questionnaire)	—

Measure

Time frame

At time 1 (post cardiac rehabilitiation), time 2 (6 months later), time 3 (15 months later): 1. Lifestyle behaviours 1.1. Physical activity (Yamax SW-200 pedometer) 1.2. Dietary behaviour (Maastricht Food Questionnaire) 2. Psychosocial wellbeing: 2.1. Quality of life (MacNew Health-Related Quality of Life questionnaire) 2.2. Anxiety and depression (SCL-90 questionnaire; measured only at T1 and T3) 2.3. Illness perceptions (Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire) 2.4. Self-regulation skills (Self-Regulation Skills Battery questionnaire) 2.5. Treatment self-regulation (Deci & Ryan Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire) 2.6. Benefit-finding (Benefit-Finding Questionnaire)

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026