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Health Chat for Empowerment-based Lifestyle Planning for Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity
Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Summary
The goal of this study is to: 1. assess the feasibility of the health chat for empowerment-based lifestyle planning for cardiometabolic multimorbidity (HcELP\_CMM); 2. examine the immediate effects of the HcELP\_CMM program on lifestyle behaviors, cardiometabolic indicators, symptom burden, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), psychological well-being, and physical function; 3. examine the long-term effects of the HcELP\_CMM program on lifestyle behaviors, cardiometabolic indicators, symptom burden, HRQoL, psychological well-being, and physical function in patients with CMM. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. If the HcELP\_CMM program is feasible? 2. If the HcELP\_CMM program has the potential to improve the lifestyle behaviors, cardiometabolic indicators, symptom burden, HRQoL, psychological well-being, and physical function in patients with CMM compared to the usual care group in the short-term? 3. If the HcELP\_CMM program has the potential to improve the lifestyle behaviors, cardiometabolic indicators, symptom burden, HRQoL, psychological well-being, and physical function in patients with CMM compared to the usual care group in the long-term?
Official title: Health Chat for Empowerment-based Lifestyle Planning for Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity (HcELP_CMM) Program: a Randomized Controlled Trial Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
240
Start Date
2025-09-10
Completion Date
2027-02-05
Last Updated
2025-09-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
HcELP_CMM
The intervention consists of two phases. Phase 1 is an initial individualized, face-to-face meeting to collaboratively set goals and develop action plan (week 1) and Phase 2 is an ongoing, personalized online support delivered by WeChat platform utilizing the official account, chat function, and synchronized online videos to integrate and sustain healthy lifestyle (weekly, week 2-12). Phase 1 covers 4 core steps: 1) assess symptom burden and lifestyle behaviors; 2) generate and analysis symptom burden and lifestyle report; 3) empowerment-based therapeutic person-centered health communication; and 4) behavior commitment. Phase 2 covers two modules: 1) integrate healthy behaviors to long-term lifestyle, and 2) sustain healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Usual care-maintain daily lifestyle
Participants in this group will continue with their normal daily lifestyle. WeChat-based follow-up will be performed weekly in the first 4 weeks and bi-weekly in the next 8 weeks. Each follow-up will last for 20 minutes. Follow-up communications will include: (1) general well-being assessments using brief, non-intrusive inquiries (e.g., "How have participants felt overall in the past week/two weeks?"); (2) disease management monitoring through standardized question tracking significant changes in their underlying diseases, intentionally avoiding exploration of intervention-targeted lifestyle behaviors (e.g., "Have participants experienced notable changes in their health status or disease management approach since last contact?"); and (3) addressing disease-related inquiries. For any questions inquired by participants in the control group, general advice will be given for ethical consideration.
Locations (3)
Gusu District Feng Men Street Community Health Service Center
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Gusu District Jinchang Street Bailian Community Health Service Center
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Gusu District Shuang Ta Street Jinfan Community Health Service Center
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China