How does an internet intervention help patients with coronary heart disease achieve better health?

A multicentre non-randomised cohort study on the use of an internet invention to change patients' beliefs, emotions, actions and health with respect to coronary heart disease

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN41280231

Enrollment

168

Registered

2010-05-12

Start date

2006-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Topic: Cardiovascular

Interventions

CHESS-HD - The intervention used in this study was CHESS Living with Heart Disease. This was a website providing information (e.g., questions and answers, an instant library, web tools and resources,

follow-up was at 3 and 9 months.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients on the coronary heart disease register from general practice teams in North and Central London Primary Care Network

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Inability to provide informed consent due to active psychosis, cognitive impairment or learning difficulty 2. Inability to use a computer-based intervention due to physical disability 3. Inability to understand written or spoken English (operationalised as unable to consult without an interpreter) 4. Terminally ill with life expectancy less than 9 months 5. Male and female, aged 35 - 89 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self-efficacy (Cardiac Cardiac self-efficacy questionnaire), measured at 9 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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