How does an internet intervention help patients with coronary heart disease achieve better health?
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN41280231 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN41280231 |
| Protocol serial number | 3022 |
| Sponsor | University College London (UK) |
| Funder | BUPA Foundation (UK) |
- 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
Scientific
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
Study information
| Primary study design | Observational |
|---|---|
| Study design | Multicentre non-randomised interventional treatment trial |
| Secondary study design | Cohort study |
| Study type | Participant information sheet |
| Scientific title | A 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 acronym | CHESS for HEART DISEASE |
| Study objectives | In 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) studied | Topic: Cardiovascular; Subtopic: Cardiovascular (all Subtopics); Disease: Cardiovascular |
| Intervention | CHESS-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 type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure(s) |
Self-efficacy (Cardiac Cardiac self-efficacy questionnaire), measured at 9 months |
| Key secondary outcome measure(s) |
No secondary outcome measures |
| Completion date | 30/11/2007 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Sex | All |
| Target sample size at registration | 168 |
| Key inclusion criteria | Patients on the coronary heart disease register from general practice teams in North and Central London Primary Care Network |
| Key exclusion criteria | 1. 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 enrolment | 01/03/2006 |
| Date of final enrolment | 30/11/2007 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- United Kingdom
- England
Study participating centre
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
|---|---|
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not 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 | |
| Participant information sheet | Participant information sheet | 11/11/2025 | 11/11/2025 | No | Yes |
