Protein Intake in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
Coronary Heart Disease, Low Protein Intake, Sarcopenia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Coronary Heart Disease focused on measuring Protein, Coronary heart disease, Rehabilitation, Telehealth
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 50 years or older.
- Recent diagnosis of coronary heart disease or a cardiac event related to coronary heart disease.
- Have been offered standard cardiac rehabilitation in a Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
- Usually receive dietary education as part of their cardiac rehabilitation program.
- Able to understand and undertake the tasks described as part of this study.
- Able to provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients advised against participation in light exercise by a medical professional.
- Patients younger than 50 years.
- Patients unable to alter their diet due to medical reasons; including patients that have been prescribed artificial feeding, texture modified diets, and specialist renal diets.
- Patients with known stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease.
- Patients without access to teleconferencing technology or without another adult present (≥18 years; and with capacity to supervise the activity) will be excluded from participating in the remote sit-to-stand test for their safety.
Sites / Locations
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS TrustRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Protein group
Control group
Participants in the protein group will receive their usual education session(s) as part of standard practice cardiac rehabilitation. The session(s) will be the same for both study arms and will align with the dietary education sessions that these patients would usually be given during their normal cardiac rehabilitation programme. Participants in the protein group will be provided with an additional targeted protein education session, which will aim to increase the amount of foods eaten with protein in them (≥1.2 g/kg protein/day) and improve the quality of protein sources that are eaten. The content and materials for these sessions can be provided in-person or are available as pre-recorded videos, accessed by participants via the internet or DVD
Participants in the control group will receive their usual education session(s) as part of standard practice cardiac rehabilitation. The session(s) will be the same for both study arms and will align with the dietary education sessions that these patients would usually be given during their normal cardiac rehabilitation programme. Participants in the control group will receive an additional dietary education session that is similar to the standard practice sessions, containing only information that is usually provided in the cardiac rehabilitation programme.The content and materials for these sessions can be provided in-person or are available as pre-recorded videos, accessed by participants via the internet or DVD.