Adherence
A mobile phone intervention (HEART) consisting of automated text messages and a secure website significantly increases leisure time physical activity and walking in people with ischaemic heart disease compared to usual care.
If you have heart disease, using a mobile phone program with regular text messages and a website can help you get more active, especially for walking and leisure activities. This program is designed to fit your life and can be a useful addition to your standard cardiac care.
significant treatment effects were observed for selected secondary outcomes, including leisure time physical activity (difference 110.2 min/week, 95% CI: -0.8, 221.3; p = 0.05) and walking (difference 151.4 min/week, 95% CI: 27.6, 275.2; p = 0.02).
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with single-blinding and intention-to-treat analysis, though physical activity was self-reported.
Source
A mobile phone intervention increases physical activity in people with cardiovascular disease: Results from the HEART randomized controlled trial
Ralph Maddison et al. · European Journal of Preventive Cardiology · 2014
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