Delivery of Peer Support Through a Self-Management mHealth Intervention (Healing Circles) in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Brodie M Sakakibara, Santabhanu Chakrabarti, Andrew Krahn, Martha H Mackay, Tara Sedlak, Joel Singer, David Gt Whitehurst, Scott A Lear, Brodie M Sakakibara, Santabhanu Chakrabarti, Andrew Krahn, Martha H Mackay, Tara Sedlak, Joel Singer, David Gt Whitehurst, Scott A Lear

Abstract

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of hospitalization and death around the world. The prevalence of CVD is increasing and, therefore, development and investigation of effective programs to help people better self-manage their CVD and prevent secondary complications are needed.

Objective: In this paper, we report on a protocol to evaluate Healing Circles-an evidence-based and patient-informed peer support mobile health program designed to facilitate self-management and support patients in their recovery from and management of CVD. We hypothesize that individuals with CVD who use Healing Circles will experience greater improvements to their self-management ability than individuals receiving usual care.

Methods: In this single-blinded (assessor) randomized controlled trial, 250 community-living individuals with CVD will be randomized on a 1:1 basis to either Healing Circles or Usual Care. The primary outcome of self-management will be measured using the Health Education Impact Questionnaire version 3.0. Secondary outcomes include self-efficacy with chronic disease management, health-related quality of life, health resource use and costs, and electronic health literacy. Measurements will be taken at the baseline and every 6 months for 24 months.

Results: The study started recruitment in September 2017. Individuals are currently being recruited for participation, and existing participants are currently on follow-up. Measurements will be taken every 6 months until the study end, which is anticipated in December 2019.

Conclusions: Healing Circles is a novel program aimed toward improving self-management through peer support. Given our real-world study design, our findings will be readily translatable into practice. If the results support our hypothesis, it will indicate that Healing Circles is an effective intervention for improving self-management and reducing health care use.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03159325; https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT03159325 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/74DvxVKUd).

International registered report identifier (irrid): DERR1-10.2196/12322.

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; eHealth; mhealth; mobile phone; peer support; self-management.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: SAL reports being the Chief Scientific Officer for Curatio, the mHealth company that developed the Healing Circles program.

©Brodie M Sakakibara, Santabhanu Chakrabarti, Andrew Krahn, Martha H Mackay, Tara Sedlak, Joel Singer, David GT Whitehurst, Scott A Lear. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 11.01.2019.

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Overview of trial procedures.

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