Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: a Pilot, Feasibility Study of an Integrative Shared Medical Appointment Intervention
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 10
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Recruitment and retention rate
研究概览
简要总结
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a clinical syndrome encompassing a myriad of debilitating symptoms that does not have any FDA approved drug therapies. We propose a shared medical appointment intervention where participants will learn lifestyle management therapies and integrative practices that may improve quality of life.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 79 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients with a physician diagnosis of POTS
排除标准
- •patients with uncontrolled psychiatric disease
- •patients with uncontrolled medical illness including recent myocardial infarction, stroke, and active malignancy
- •non-English speakers as the group intervention will be delivered in English
- •pregnant women
研究组 & 干预措施
participate in shared medical appointment
The POTS shared medical appointment will occur once monthly for four months. Each visit will last 1.5 hours. The group will meet in our clinic group space and lifestyle management therapies will be taught by a physician and another provider ie occupational therapist, dietician etc
干预措施: Shared medical appointment (Behavioral)
Do not participate in shared medical appointment
participants will only have one-on-one traditional visit with the physician
结局指标
主要结局
Recruitment and retention rate
时间窗: at 4 months
Percentage of participants who consent to study participation, attend sessions, and complete the program and scheduled outcome assessments
次要结局
- Change in COMPASS overall score(Baseline and 4 months)
- Change on Short Form Survey (SF-36) overall score(Baseline and 4 months)