Text Message Intervention to Improve Cardiac Rehab Participation

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Myocardial Infarction, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Heart Valve Repair or Replacement, Heart Transplant, Left Ventricular Assist Device, Chronic Stable Angina, Chronic Stable Heart Failure

In brief

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is strongly recommended for patients with coronary heart disease. However, patient enrollment and completion of cardiac rehabilitation is low. This study will examine if a mobile phone intervention that uses a text messaging program can successfully promote participation in cardiac rehabilitation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03346278

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

38

Starts

2017-11-07

Expected to finish

2018-05-03

Last updated by the study team

2018-07-12

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Part 1: Diagnosis eligible for cardiac rehabilitation within 90 days (myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, heart valve repair/replacement, heart transplant, left ventricular assist device, chronic stable angina, chronic stable heart failure)
• Part 2: Hospitalized for diagnosis eligible for cardiac rehabilitation (myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, heart valve repair/replacement, heart transplant, left ventricular assist device)
• Eligible for cardiac rehabilitation
• Owns a smartphone capable of receiving and sending SMS text messages

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to communicate in English

Where it is running

• University of Washington Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States

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