Cardiovascular disease
Conditions
Interventions
The BENEFIT intervention is a multifaceted lifestyle modification program that is offered in addition to standard, face-to-face, cardiac rehabilitation care. The program utilizes environmental rewards
Sponsors
Leiden University, LUMC, Vital10
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients referred to cardiac rehabilitation (i.e., people who have had a heart or brain incident, or who, according to Dutch guidelines, have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease of =10%)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. People with severe somatic and / or psychiatric co-morbidity which impedes participation according to the care provider's judgment. 2. People who do not have an email address and/or people who do not have the necessary digital skills to use their email address and fill out online questionnaires. 3. Non-Dutch speaking persons
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.(Maintenance of) Healthy lifestyle behavior in five domains: physical activity, smoking, alcoholic beverage consumption, diet, stress and stress-management activities, and sleep. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Physical health: relevant CVD risk factors such as cholesterol, diabetes, abdominal circumference, blood pressure and weight. 2. Quality of life: physical functioning, role functioning, social functioning, mental health, health perceptions and pain. 3. Cost-effectiveness: economic evaluation in terms of cost-per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) taking into account mobility, ability to self-care, ability to undertake usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. In addition we will explore the following: 1. Psychosocial health: depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and social support. 2. Motivation and self-efficacy: patients are requested to formulate at least one specific lifestyle goal in one of the six healthy lifestyle behavior domains. Outcome is the patient’s level of (intrinsic and extrinsic) motivation and self-efficacy to reach this goal and the patients’ stage-of-change he/she is in. 3. BENEFIT intervention evaluation: degree of therapy compliance, platform use, engagement and satisfaction with the digital platform | — |
Contacts
Public ContactAndrea Evers
Leiden University
Outcome results
None listed