RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 International feasibility trial on the use of an interactive mobile health platform for cardiac rehabilitation: protocol of the Diversity 1 study
JF BMJ Health & Care Informatics
JO BMJ Health Care Inform
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e100042
DO 10.1136/bmjhci-2019-100042
VO 26
IS 1
A1 Gonzalez-Garcia, Manuel Cruz
A1 Fatehi, Farhad
A1 Scherrenberg, Martijn
A1 Henriksson, Robin
A1 Maciejewski, Adrian
A1 Salamanca Viloria, Jorge
A1 Cummins, Paul
A1 Frederix, Ines
A1 Rojas Gonzalez, Antonio Manuel
A1 Koltowski, Lukasz
A1 Bruining, Nico
A1 Mooe, Thomas
A1 Dendale, Paul
A1 Karunanithi, Mohan
A1 Varnfield, Marlien
YR 2019
UL http://informatics.bmj.com/content/26/1/e100042.abstract
AB Introduction The implementation of home-based cardiac rehabilitation has demonstrated potential to increase patient participation, but the content and the delivering of the programmes varies across countries. The objective of this study is to investigate whether an Australian-validated mobile health (mHealth) platform for cardiac rehabilitation will be accepted and adopted irrespectively from the existing organisational and contextual factors in five different European countries.Methods and analysis This international multicentre feasibility study will use surveys, preliminary observations and analysis to evaluate the use and the user’s perceptions (satisfaction) of a validated mHealth platform in different contextual settings.Ethics and dissemination This study protocol has been approved by the Australian research organisation CSIRO and the respective ethical committees of the European sites. The dissemination of this trial will serve as a ground for the further implementation of an international large randomised controlled trial which will contribute to an effective global introduction of mHealth into daily clinical practice.