Cardiac rehabilitation Circulatory System Cardiac rehabilitation
Conditions
Interventions
This is a prospective independent groups design using simple random allocation of patients admitted during the study period to usual care (telephone call) or study intervention (home visit). The same
Sponsors
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients admitted to St Helier Hospital with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction (heart attack) during the study period.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are mentally unable to complete a HAD questionnaire, e.g. due to dementia or mental handicap or are considered by the CRNs to be too severely ill to be asked to complete a questionnaire 2. Patients who live too far away to be visited at home 3. Patients with a known history of violence because they may be a threat to the researcher visiting them at home 4. Prisoners, due to their lack of freedom to decide for themselves whether or not to attend exercise and education classes 5. Patients who die, are discharged or are transferred to another hospital without being seen by the CRNs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Levels of anxiety and depression 4 and 11 weeks after MI - expressed as HADS scores. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Attendance at Phase III - expressed as percentage attending at least one session 2. Attendance at A&E readmission to hospital with cardiac symptoms - expressed as number of visits to A&E and or days in hospital | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed