Coronary Heart Disease Circulatory System Chronic ischaemic heart disease, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Participants are randomised to two groups:
1. Intervention group: the intervention used in this study is the the self-help psychoeducation programme, which includes an education bookl
Sponsors
National University Health System (Singapore)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Has a medical diagnosis of CHD 2. Has been discharged from the hospital and lives at home 3. Does not intend to attend hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation programmes 4. At least 21 years old 5. Can communicate on the telephone 6. Can speak and understand English
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Suffers from complications (e.g. uncontrolled arrhythmias) 2. Has undergone cancer treatment, and other illnesses that will limit participation 3. Has a known history of major psychiatric illness 4. Has pre-existing mobility difficulties 5. Has major auditory and vision problems
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The cardiac risk factors (i.e. levels of lipids, body mass index, blood pressure, and tobacco use) will be recorded by a form designed by the research team 2. The amount of health service use (e.g. cardiac-related hospital re-admission) will be recorded by a form designed by the research team 3. Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) will be assessed using the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12v2). The SF-12 is a shorter version of the SF-36v2 (Ware, Kosinski & Keller, 1996). 4. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) measures the perception of stress of an individual (Cohen, Kamarck & Mermelstein, 1983) 5. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) assesses for the presence of anxiety or depression in physically ill patients (Zigmond & Snaith 1983) 6. Self-efficacy will be assessed by the General Self-efficacy Scale, which measures the competency to manage challenging events (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995) The measures will be administered at baseline, the 4th week from baseline and the 12th week from baseline. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A process evaluation which utilises a qualitative approach using in-depth focused, individual face-to-face interviews will be used to measure the suitability, strengths and weaknesses of the self-help psychoeducation programme at baseline, the 4th week from baseline and the 12th week from baseline. | — |
Countries
Singapore
Outcome results
None listed