Coronary Artery Disease
Conditions
Keywords
coronary artery disease, secondary prevention, digital application
Brief summary
The need for better follow-up of AMI patients combined with recent developments in the digital area prompted the Department of Cardiology (HJE) at Oslo University Hospital (OUS) Ullevål, in collaboration with the Department of Digital Health Research (DIG) at OUS to develop a digital solution for long-term follow-up after AMI. The overall goal of the digital solution is to increase knowledge and awareness about important lifestyle measures and CV risk factors in patients who have survived an AMI, and to make it easy for the patients to monitor their own risk factors and attainment of treatment goals during long-term follow-up. Further, the HeartCheck seeks to provide guidance to ensure medication adherence. In this project, we study whether this newly developed app (HeartCheck), through education, regular reminders and easily understandable goals for secondary prevention, can improve risk factor control and drug adherence during long-term follow-up after AMI. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) is the chosen study design, being the gold standard for testing effectiveness of interventions.
Interventions
DEVICE"HeartCheck"
a digital application developed specifically for patient support during follow-up after acute myocardial infarction or PI for stable coronary artery disease
Sponsors
Oslo University Hospital
Sorlandet Hospital HF
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* \>18 years of age * survived a recent (\<30 days) AMI and/or PCI * access to a smartphone or tablet * signed written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* patient does not understand Norwegian * patient is unable to comply with the study procedures due to severe comorbidities or high age
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of patients fulfilling 4 evidence-based goals for risk factor control | 12 months after inclusion in the study | Proportion of patients who fulfills all of the following: 1) BP \<130/80 mmHg, 2) LDL-cholesterol \<1.4 mmol/l, 3) HbA1c \<53mmol/mol, 4) No smoking |
Countries
Norway
Contacts
CONTACTSigrun Halvorsen
CONTACTIda O Nilsen
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSigrun Halvorsen
Oslo University Hospital
Outcome results
None listed