Alsaleh 2012.
| Trial name or title | Behavioural intervention to increase physical activity among patients with coronary heart disease: protocol for a randomised controlled trial |
| Methods |
Study design: Multicentre RCT (2 sites) Country: Jordan Dates patients recruited: February 2012 to April 2012 Planned follow up: 6 months |
| Participants |
Inclusion criteria: Clinically stable and able to perform physical activity according to their physician; aged between 18 and 70 years; have access to and ability to use a mobile phone. Exclusion criteria: Those patients who have co‐morbidities or unstable major health problems which prevent them from participating in PA are excluded from the study. N Randomised: total: 156; intervention: 71; comparator: 85 |
| Interventions |
Intervention: The intervention consists of tailored behavioural change strategies (for being physically active) delivered over a six month period. This includes a single face‐to‐face individualised consultation with the researcher, conducted after collecting baseline data at the patients’ home or in the hospital clinic, six telephone call consultations (one call each month) supplemented by 18 motivational SMS text messages reminders (comprised of one message each week for the first three months, followed by one message every two weeks for the final three months. Components: exercise plus psychosocial support. Setting: home. Aerobic exercise: Modality: intervention is individually tailored. Length of session: NR Frequency: NR Intensity: NR Resistance training included? NR Total duration: NR Co‐interventions: The intervention group will receive advice from their physicians as usual, plus the intervention. Comparator: The control group will receive their usual standard of care and treatment which includes general advice from their physicians about the benefits of PA and methods of being more active. Co‐interventions: none described. |
| Outcomes | HRQL |
| Starting date | February 2012 |
| Contact information | Eman Alsaleh ntxea2@nottingham.ac.uk |
| Notes | The author was contacted and replied that the results would be published shortly. |