Secondary Prevention and Application-based Lifestyle Support for Patients With Intermittent Claudication

A randomized controlled pilot trial will be used to test Lifepod®PAD as secondary prevention support system. Approximately 60 patients with intermittent claudication at the Department of vascular diseases at Skåne University hospital will be invited. The intervention group (n=30) will test Lifepod PAD for 3 months and the control group (n=30) will receive secondary prevention as usual. Primary outcome is pain free walking distance and secondary outcomes will be quality of life, illness perception, ankle brachial pressure, self-efficacy, adherence to medical treatment and blood pressure. Acceptability, delivery of the intervention, expected sample size and effect size, procedure of randomization and follow-ups will be evaluated. The outcome will be used to design a main randomized trial. Combinations of quantitative measures and qualitative interviews will be used to understand the process in detail.