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The PACO trial is testing a personalized activity program designed to help people recover after heart surgery. Some patients will receive standard rehabilitation advice, while others will also use a smartphone app and wearable tracker that sets weekly activity goals tailored just for them—goals that automatically adjust based on how active they are each week.
After heart surgery, it's important for patients to gradually increase their activity to recover well. This trial wants to see if providing personalized, week-by-week activity targets through technology can help patients stay more active and reduce sitting time better than standard recovery guidance alone.
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If you join this trial, you'll wear activity trackers before your surgery and then continue wearing them after surgery. Half of participants will receive standard recovery advice from a physiotherapist. The other half will also receive a smartphone app that sets personalized daily step and activity goals that change each week based on your progress, along with short exercise videos and regular check-ins from a physiotherapist—all for 90 days after surgery.
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