Personalised management with the use of new mobile and integrated care tools targeting three outcome determinants in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an increasingly prevalent arrhythmia associated with an increased morbidity and mortality. One should work towards care in which all different risk factors and treatment aspects of AF are tackled in an integrated way. Recently, risk factor management was added as the fourth pillar in AF care, next to oral anticoagulation and rate and rhythm control. Nevertheless, daily care has suboptimal attention to address these modifiable cardiovascular risk factors. There is growing insight that mHealth and new mobile technologies for patient diagnosis, support and follow-up can contribute to the outcome of AF care. This postdoctoral fellowship aims to bring mobile technology and risk factor management together by exploring the use of mHealth into the detection, treatment and follow-up of cardiovascular risk factors (i.e. overweight, obstructive sleep apnea, therapy adherence) to improve the overall care of AF patients. Three studies are planned in the scope of this project: 1) Investigate the impact of the AF-EduApp which is a mobile application for targeted education and adherence reminders on therapy adherence to oral anticoagulation. 2) Evaluate if a structured testing and treatment program for obstructive sleep apnea based on the use of mobile technology has an impact on the proportion of AF and the sleep apnea burden. 3) Explore the effect of a mobile application with a personalised weight loss management program in overweight and obese AF patients.

Keywords:RISK MANAGEMENT, CARDIOLOGY

Disciplines:Public health care not elsewhere classified, Nursing in general medicine and medical specialisms, Nursing in preventive care and welfare, Cardiology

Project type:Collaboration project