Implementation and Evaluation of Telemedicine in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Implementation and Evaluation of Telemedicine in Cardiac Rehabilitation - a Study on Health Literacy, Health Related Quality of Life, and Family Support

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06320652
• Other study ID #: CUHospital
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2027

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre
• Contact: Nina C Tjustrup, PhD student
• Phone: +4529213882
• Email: nina.cecilie.tjustrup[@]regionh.dk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall aim is to develop and test the effect of a tailored patient and family focused cardiac tele rehabilitation intervention on health literacy by comparing it to standard care. Furthermore, to evaluate health-related quality of life, family support, and how the patients experience the communication and relationship with outpatient clinic nurses.

Description:

The project is designed inspired by The Complex Intervention Framework (MRC-Guidelines) combined with a patient and family participatory design. The project will consist of three sub-studies. The first study is a co-creation development of a model for the cardiac telerehabilitation intervention. The second study is a quasi-experimental study with a quantitative comparison of the group receiving the cardiac telerehabilitation intervention and control group. The third study will be a descriptive qualitative study which aim to investigate patient's experience with CTR using participant observation and individual interview or dyadic interview.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 140
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2027
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients and their family members affiliated with the Department of Cardiology at Amager and Hvidovre Hospital and attending cardiac rehabilitation.
• Patients diagnosed with ischemic heart disease, heart failure, persistent atrial fibrillation, and cardiac valve surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with substantial language barriers and limited cognitive function.
• Patients who can't use a smart phone, tablet, or computer.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Rehabilitation

Intervention

Other:
• Cardiac telerehabilitation (video consultation and home monitoring)
Patients with cardiac disease and earlier experiences with cardiac rehabilitation, family members, and nurses in the Departments of Cardiology at Amager and Hvidovre Hospital will be invited to work in a partnership and through a course of innovative co-creative workshops. It is recommended that usability studies have 5-15 participants, which is why we plan to enroll 3 cardiac patients, 3 relatives and 3 nurses from the outpatient clinic. Through the workshops, a rehabilitation program offering cardiac telerehabilitation will be co-created to comply with the preferences and perspectives of patients and family members and nurses from the outpatient clinic. Through these workshops we will learn which important components and elements should be prioritized when offering cardiac telerehabilitation (how, when, and why?).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
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Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre	Hvidovre University Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Health Literacy Questonnaire	Health literacy is investigated through instruments such as the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HQL).; The HLQ contains 44 qustions that cover nine conceptually distinct areas of Health Literacy. Response options for each scale are determined by the content and nature of the items. For scale 1-5 four point ordinal response options are used (strongly disagree, disagree, agree and strongly agree), while for scales 6-9 five-point ordinal response options are used (cannot do, very difficult, quite difficult, quite easy and very easy).; HLQ scale scores are calculated as unit-weighted sums of the constituents items averaged by the number of items in the scale such that the nominal range of the scale scores are 1-4 for scale 1-5 and 1-5 for scale 6-9. A low score means worse outcome and a high score means better outcome.	3 months
Secondary	The European Quality of life five dimensions questionnaire	The European Quality of life (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire is a well-known generic and validated instrument for measuring health related quality of life, and it is used in a population health surveys, clinical trials and health economics evaluations.; The EQ-5D-5L have five response levels in each dimensions (none, slight, modrate, severe and extreme problems). The EQ-5D-5L health ranges from 11111 corresponding full health to 55555 corresponding the worse health state. The The EQ-5D also include a EQ VAS 0-100 where the 0 is labelled the worst health state and 100 is labelled the best health state.	3 months
Secondary	The Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire	The Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire (ICE-FPSQ) measures patients and families perceived support from nurses during and after meeting the health care system.; The ICE-FPSQ has 14 qustions and scores range from minimum score of 14 points to a maximum of 70 points on two areas of perceived family support (Cognitive support (5 items) and Emotional support (9 items). Qustions are answered on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (almost never) to 5 (all the time). A high score closer to 70 indicates a positive score.	3 months
Secondary	The eHealth Literacy Questionnaire	The eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ) consist of seven domains. Each item is scored using af four point ordinal scale, response options: strongly disagree, disagree, agree and strongly agree.; eHLQ scale scores are calculated as unit-weighted sums of the constituents items averaged by the number of items in the scale such that the nominal range of the scale scores are 1-4. A low score means worse outcome and a high score means better outcome.	3 months