In France, nearly three million people suffer from cardiovascular diseases, leading to 18.7 billion euros in healthcare expenditures. Tested for four months on about ten patients at the Private Geriatric Hospital Les Sources in Nice, the “As du coeur” program will be evaluated over twelve months with 90 people suffering from heart failure or coronary heart disease. Focus on a scientific study at the heart of public issues in the Alpes-Maritimes department.
This program, designed for individuals with cardiovascular diseases, will allow selected volunteers to engage in sports activities tailored to their conditions.
At the end of the enrollment phase, which has just begun, the 90 patients will be randomly divided into three groups of 30. Depending on the group, they will benefit from different programs, either with recommendations from their cardiologist for physical activity adhering to international guidelines or with support during adapted physical and sports activity sessions supervised by a qualified sports educator trained in managing people with cardiovascular diseases. Monitoring will be carried out through a communication tool between the volunteer participant, the medical team, and the sports supervision.
The RSI Partners with Diagana Sport Santé
The implementation of the experimental study will begin in late 2014 – early 2015 with the intervention phase lasting six months. From August 2015 to February 2016, longitudinal monitoring will be established, followed by an analysis of the results and a publication from February to September 2016. Notably, the RSI has taken the unique step of involving itself in this biomedical research as a social protection organization.
This study, initiated by Stéphane Diagana and his company “Diagana Sport Santé”, and launched by the RSI Côte d’Azur, the Public Health Department of the Nice University Hospital, and the LAMHESS: Human Motor Skills Education Sport Health Laboratory (Universities of Nice – Sophia Antipolis and Toulon) aims to measure the impact of a sport-health program on behavior changes regarding physical activities and to evaluate its medico-economic impact and feasibility conditions. The results will be of vital interest for the national “sport health well-being” plan promoted by the ministries in charge of sports and health.
