Table 1.

Overview of the assessments during the study period

-t₂ at hospitalisation for acute decompensated heart failure, -t₁ within 2 weeks after hospital discharge, t₀ randomisation and allocation, t_x intervention period, t₁ follow-up visit 1 – 18 weeks after the intervention started, t₂ follow-up visit 2 – 6 months after the intervention started

Functional test: CLET recovery = recovery of the constant-load exercise test, CPET max = maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test, HGS = Handgrip Strength test, PHB = wrist worn device ‘Philips Health Band’, SPPB = Short Physical Performance Battery

Questionnaire: Acceptance & satisfaction = questionnaire for acceptance and satisfaction of the CTR programme and digital platform, Activity level = subjective activity level question, DS-14 = Type D personality scale, EHFScBS = European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale, FitMáx = FitMáx©-questionnaire, GAD-7 = Generalised Anxiety Disorder assessment, HADS = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, IPQ = Illness Perception Questionnaire, KCCQ-12 = Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire, MLHFQ = Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire, MMAS-8 = adjusted Morisky Medication Adherence Scale, MoCA = Montreal Cognitive Assessment, NutriMáx = nutrition questionnaire based on the national nutrition guideline from the Dutch Health Council, PLF = Premorbid Lifestyle questionnaire, PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire, SNAQ = Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire

Other: Laboratory measurements (e.g. NTproBNP, GDF15)

^aAll objectives will be assessed in both groups