Table 2.

Intervention plan.

Strategies		Content	Target group
Before the intervention
	Assessing patients’ needs	Mandatory workshop—objective: learning to perform a comprehensive assessment to assess the needs of patients and informal caregivers	Health care provider
	Changing the behavior of patients	Mandatory workshop—objective: learning to coach patients and informal caregivers by using evidence-based behavior change techniques (such as motivational interviewing)	Health care provider
During the intervention
	Consulting health care provider	Coaching session 1—objectives: assessing information and support needs of patients and informal caregiver. Getting acquainted with coach, eHealth portal, and CRa	Patient and informal caregiver
	Accessing digital health information	Health video clips—objectives: gaining detailed information about CAD,b medication, physical activity, psychological distress, and body signals	Patient and informal caregiver
	Consulting health care provider	Coaching session 2—objectives: health care provider, patient, and informal caregiver reflect on health video clips and formulate short-term goals for the period between hospital discharge and starting CR	Patient and informal caregiver
	Consulting health care provider	Coaching session 3—objectives: health care provider, patient, and informal caregiver reflect on short-term goals and progress. Health care provider and patient formulate long-term goals for during and after CR	Patient and informal caregiver

^aCR: cardiac rehabilitation.

^bCAD: coronary artery disease.