How does an internet intervention help patients with coronary heart disease achieve better health?

ISRCTN ISRCTN41280231
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN41280231
Secondary identifying numbers 3022
Submission date
12/05/2010
Registration date
12/05/2010
Last edited
13/05/2010
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Circulatory System
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Elizabeth Murray
Scientific

Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

Study information

Study designMulticentre non-randomised interventional treatment trial
Primary study designObservational
Secondary study designCohort study
Study setting(s)GP practice
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleA multicentre non-randomised cohort study on the use of an internet invention to change patients' beliefs, emotions, actions and health with respect to coronary heart disease
Study acronymCHESS for HEART DISEASE
Study objectivesIn this study we gave an internet intervention to a group of 168 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) to use over 9 months. During this time we used questionnaires to track changes in patients' beliefs, emotions, actions and health. Our aim was to link these changes to the parts of the internet intervention patients used and how they had used them. This would then help us design internet interventions that work better for patients with CHD and other long-term conditions.
Ethics approval(s)Camden and Islington Local Research Ethics Committee (LREC) approved in Feb 2006 (ref: 06/Q0511/3)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedTopic: Cardiovascular; Subtopic: Cardiovascular (all Subtopics); Disease: Cardiovascular
InterventionCHESS-HD - The intervention used in this study was CHESS Living with Heart Disease. This was a website providing information (e.g., questions and answers, an instant library, web tools and resources, a directory of Organisations, useful information sites and a dictionary), behaviour change (e.g., health tracking, assessments and action plans) and support components (e.g., personal stories, 'ask an expert' facility, discussion groups, and personal journals).

The internet intervention was given to a group of 168 patients with CHD to use over 9 months; follow-up was at 3 and 9 months.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureSelf-efficacy (Cardiac Cardiac self-efficacy questionnaire), measured at 9 months
Secondary outcome measuresNo secondary outcome measures
Overall study start date01/03/2006
Completion date30/11/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participantsPlanned sample size: 168
Key inclusion criteriaPatients on the coronary heart disease register from general practice teams in North and Central London Primary Care Network
Key exclusion criteria1. Inability to provide informed consent due to active psychosis, cognitive impairment or learning difficulty
2. Inability to use a computer-based intervention due to physical disability
3. Inability to understand written or spoken English (operationalised as unable to consult without an interpreter)
4. Terminally ill with life expectancy less than 9 months
5. Male and female, aged 35 - 89 years
Date of first enrolment01/03/2006
Date of final enrolment30/11/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

University College London (UK)
University/education

UCL Biomedicine Research & Development Unit
Maple House
149 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF
England
United Kingdom

Website http://www.ucl.ac.uk
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Funders

Funder type

Charity

BUPA Foundation (UK)
Private sector organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
Location
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/12/2008 Yes No