Nurse Telephone Follow-up for Cardiovascular Patients

Evaluation the Effect of Nurse Telephone Follow-up on Depression, Anxiety and Stress and Readmission of Cardiovascular Patients in Hospitalized Patients in Mazandaran Province

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07120841

Acronym

Nurse-TEL-CVD

Enrollment

Registered

2025-08-13

Start date

2023-11-23

Completion date

2023-12-21

Last updated

2025-08-13

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Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases, Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Follow-up Study

Keywords

Cardiovascular patients, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Telephone follow-up nursing

Brief summary

This study aims to evaluate the effect of follow-up telephone education provided by a nurse on the levels of anxiety, stress, and depression in patients hospitalized in the cardiac intensive care unit during the two weeks after discharge. Patients will be randomly assigned to either the intervention (education) group or the control group. Their levels of anxiety, stress, and depression will be measured before and after the intervention. The aim is to determine whether this educational intervention can improve the psychological well-being of these patients.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTelephone Education

Participants in this group will receive telephone follow-up education by a nurse during the two weeks after discharge

BEHAVIORALStandard Care (in control arm)

Participants in this group will receive standard post-discharge care without any follow-up telephone education

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

Participants will be randomized in a parallel assignment to intervention and control groups

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Informed consent obtained from both the patient and their family. 2. Definite diagnosis of heart disease confirmed by a specialist physician. 3. No previous history of psychological problems, based on the patient's medical records. 4. No prior participation in similar educational programs.

Exclusion criteria

1. Non response to the nurse's follow-up calls. 2. Failure to complete the survey.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Depression, Anxiety, stress Score(DASS-21)	2 weeks after discharge	Changes in depression, anxiety, stress scores as measured by DASS-21

Countries

Iran

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026