CARE Qualitative Study

Cardiac Surgery Aftercare and Recovery Evaluation (CARE) - Understanding Patients' and Carers' Views About the Care Received After Leaving Hospital Following Cardiac Surgery: a Qualitative Study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07611045

Acronym

CARE

Enrollment

Registered

2026-05-28

Start date

2026-05-27

Completion date

2027-03-31

Last updated

2026-06-05

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Conditions

Cardiac Surgery

Brief summary

Over 30,000 people have heart surgery in the UK every year. Heart surgery is safe, but around 1 in 5 people having heart surgery will be readmitted to hospital in the year after their operation. There is no research that explains why they come back into hospital. It may be because they have a complication from the heart surgery, such as an irregular heart rhythm. Or it may be because they have other health problems which the heart surgery has made worse. Researchers want to find out what care is provided to people after heart surgery and what participants and healthcare staff think should be offered to prevent people coming back to hospital. The overall aim of this Programme Development Grant is to undertake preparatory work that will allow researchers to identify the best approach to improve care after hospital discharge for people having heart surgery.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who have had elective or urgent cardiac surgery such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, heart valve surgery, aortic surgery (thoracic aorta) within the last 12 months * Family members/carers of patients who have had cardiac surgery in the last 12 months. * Patients who are no longer undergoing inpatient or outpatient follow-up by their cardiac surgeon

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who have had cardiac transplantation * Patients who are still undergoing follow-up by their cardiac surgery team * People who are unable to provide informed consent * Prisoners

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
What aftercare do patients undergoing cardiac surgery currently receive after discharge from hospital and what kind of aftercare do they want?	Through study completion, an average on 1 month	The aim of this study is to identify via questionnaire what aftercare patients, families/carers, want after cardiac surgery and what the barriers are to accessing it.

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

CONTACTElizabeth Lumley

e.lumley@sheffield.ac.uk07955404384

CONTACTGeorgia Parker

georgia.parker@uhbw.nhs.uk01173425097

Outcome results