The simple avatar-based application to improving heart attack knowledge educatio

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: acute coronary syndrome; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000803493
• Lead Sponsor: Flinders University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-06-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

Admitted with any cardiac diagnosis where chest pain or other heart attack symptoms have been experienced previously
Clinically stable
Normal cognitive function Sufficient English language ability to communicate and to follow the study procedure

Exclusion Criteria

Clinically unstable
Cognitive impairment
Failure to give informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge of heart attack symptoms as assessed by the Knowledge sub-scale of the ACS Response Index. The ACS Response Index is a validated instrument for assessing patients’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about heart attack symptoms. It includes 21 knowledge subscales,six attitudes subscales and seven beliefs subscales.[at one month and six months post discharge from hospital ]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attitudes as assessed by the attitudes sub-scale of the ACS Response Index. [at one month and six months post discharge from hospital ];Beliefs as assessed by the beliefs sub-scale of the ACS Response Index. [at one month and six months post discharge from hospital ];Response to heart attack symptoms as assessed by Heart Attack Action Plan Survey[at one month and six months post discharge from hospital ];Health Services Utilisation as assessed by Health Services Utilisation Survey[at one month and six months post discharge from hospital ];Participants’ satisfaction as assessed by SAVE Satisfaction Questionnaire [at one month and six months post discharge from hospital ];symptom recognition as assessed by the symptom recognition sub-scale of the ACS Response Index. [at one month and six months after randomization ]