Coronary Artery Disease
Conditions
Keywords
E-Learning, coronary artery disease, telerehabilitation, e-health
Brief summary
In the trial cardiac patients will be provided with unrestricted access to the web-based eLearing platform for a one-month period.
Detailed description
Patients participating in the trial will be provided with a cardiac web-based eLearning platform for one month during study period. The medical content of the packages will be gathered from a multidisciplinary input of both medics (e.g. cardiologists) and paramedics (e.g. psychologists). E-Learning packages type I: videos with information from caregivers. In these videos, medics and paramedics are interviewed to highlight the etiology, pathophysiology and treatment of coronary artery disease; the associated comorbidities and the ways to prevent recurrence. E-Learning packages type II: videos in which patients are interviewed. Patients can help each other to adhere to their treatment plan, by sharing stories from their own experience about their illness and the rehabilitation afterwards. Short clips of maximum 2 minutes will be provided to study participants.
Interventions
OTHERIntervention group
The intervention group patients have access to the eLearning platform in addition to conventional cardiac care.The content of platform will be gathered from a multidisciplinary input of both medics (e.g. cardiologists) and paramedics (e.g. psychologists). Patients will also contribute to platform content.
OTHERControl group
The control group patients receive conventional cardiac care alone.
Sponsors
Jessa Hospital
Hasselt University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients suffering from coronary artery disease for which they are treated conservatively, with a percutaneous coronary intervention or with coronary artery bypass grafting
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with dementia or cognitive impairment not being able to sufficiently understand the E-Learning packages content * (Foreign) patients unable to speak Dutch, thereby not being able to understand the content of the E-Learning packages * Patients with advanced visual and/or auditory impairments, hindering them to adequately understand the E-earning packages * Patients participating in another trial during the Pilot study period * Patients refusing to provide signed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health-related quality of life | 3 months | Health-related quality of life, assessed by HeartQol |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adherence to the E-learning packages | 3 months | Adherence to the E-learning packages as assessed by the number of logs and the cumulative log time on the E-learning platform per patient. |
| Effectiveness of E-learning packages | 3 months | Effectiveness of intervention in improving patients' knowledge of cardiac diseases as assessed by questionnaire scores. |
| User experience of eLearning platform | 3 months | Asses user experience of eLearning platform by User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed