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A Social Media Intervention for Exercise Motivation and Cardiac Rehabilitation Adherence

NCT02971813 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2020-03-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

While cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been shown to be effective at improving cardiovascular disease (CVD), participation is generally poor. The current feasibility study, will evaluate the impact of a social media intervention on motivation for exercise and adherence to CR sessions. Participants will be randomly assigned to a Facebook™ group or an enhanced education comparison group. The intervention will include access to a private Facebook™ group in which participants will receive weekly educational posts, weekly provider support and have the opportunity to communicate with other cardiac rehabilitation patients. Patients in the comparison group will be given the same educational materials, but these will be supplied in email. Participants will be asked to fill out a pre-post motivational questionnaire and the total number of sessions attended at the end of 3 months will be tallied. This study is grounded in Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and utilizes the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-2), which is based on the SDT.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Facebook

1. Volunteers will be recruited during inpatient stay, or via phone call or in person after discharge and prior to beginning cardiac rehabilitation. 2. Participants will be given a baseline BREQ-3 survey and a PNSE scale. 3. Patients will be randomized to Facebook™ versus comparison groups using a blocked randomization. 4. The Facebook™ intervention will include peer support, education, provider support and text message prompts when new posts are added. 1. Educational posts will cover topics that will cover healthcare information. 2. Provider support will be posted much like the educational posts. 5. The data collection for this study will take place prior to beginning cardiac rehabilitation, at which time the participants will receive the BREQ-3 and PNSE surveys either in person or via email link. 6. Post-testing will include a BREQ-3 and PNSE surveys and count of the number of sessions completed in a 3 month period of time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Cleveland Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lee A Siegmund, PhD · The Cleveland Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-27
Primary Completion
2019-02-28
Completion
2019-03-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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