E-health enriched Cardiac rehabilitation

E-health enriched Cardiac rehabilitation for activity-related Anxiety Reduction and Enhanced Daily functioning (E-CARED) - E-health enriched Cardiac rehabilitation

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON58247

Enrollment

106

Registered

2025-07-07

Start date

2026-05-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-07-13

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Conditions

Acuut coronary syndrome Heart attack

Interventions

Cardiac rehabilitation after acute coronary syndrome. The current CR program will be studied. E-health application in CR will be developed in co-creation with cardiac patients and healthcare professio

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Currently hospitalized or hospitalized in the previous seven days for acute coronary syndromeAge of = 18 yearsSufficient understanding of the Dutch language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Life threatening comorbidity (e.g. metastasized cancer)Severe cognitive limitations (e.g. progressed dementia)Patients without internet-access cannot participate in online psychoeducation of cardiac rehabilitation and therefore cannot participate in the studyPatients without a smartphone can participate in the study, but not in the evaluation of the telemonitoring since they cannot participate in the telemonitoring.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Comparison of CR participation rates for the CR with in-hospital psychoeducation and the CR with online psychoeducation. Comparison between baseline outcomes and outcomes after CR for both types of CR and between CR groups for:Development of levels of kinesiophobia and daily functioning on the four time points will be compared between regular CR and e-health enriched CR. Levels of kinesiophobia and daily functioning after CR participation will be compared between regular CR and e-health enriched CR.The feasibility and (dis)advantages of the online psychoeducation and telemonitoring will be evaluated by interviewing patients and CR-professionals.	—

Measure

Time frame

Comparison of CR participation rates for the CR with in-hospital psychoeducation and the CR with online psychoeducation. Comparison between baseline outcomes and outcomes after CR for both types of CR and between CR groups for:Development of levels of kinesiophobia and daily functioning on the four time points will be compared between regular CR and e-health enriched CR. Levels of kinesiophobia and daily functioning after CR participation will be compared between regular CR and e-health enriched CR.The feasibility and (dis)advantages of the online psychoeducation and telemonitoring will be evaluated by interviewing patients and CR-professionals. 

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Comparison between baseline outcomes and outcomes after CR (T3) for regular CR and e-health enriched CR  and outcomes at T3 will be compared between regular CR and e-health enriched CR for the following outcomes: Quality of lifeCardiac anxietyPsychological distress (anxiety and depression)Health anxietyCardiac self-efficacyPhysical activity levels	—

Countries

Netherlands

Contacts

Public ContactH Hermans

Universiteit van Tilburg

h.hermans@tilburguniversity.edu013-4664727

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 23, 2026