Optimizing patient experience during cardiac stress testing
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Myocardial ischemia. Oxygen deficiency of the heart muscle.10028593
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON51832
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit van Tilburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 180
Inclusion Criteria
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all
of the following criteria: All patients who are referred to the Verbeeten
Institute Tilburg who are eligible for adenosine-exercise SPECT MPI, older than
18 years of age, capable of answering questionnaires and receiving information
and coaching in Dutch.
Exclusion Criteria
A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded
from participation in this study: Younger than 18 years of age, a
life-threatening disease, and inability to fill out questionnaires or receive
information or coaching in Dutch.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary outcome measure: Psychological wellbeing will be assessed using<br /><br>self-report measures of emotional states (anxiety, stress and uncertainty) and<br /><br>facial expression of emotions based on video recordings during the diagnostic<br /><br>testing procedure. Facial expressions will be analyzed (valence and intensity;<br /><br>e.g., anxiety) using FaceReader software as in our prior METC-approved research<br /><br>projects at Institute Verbeeten. These measures of psychological wellbeing<br /><br>will be compared between the four groups and associations with the secondary<br /><br>outcomes will be investigated (cardiac symptoms, patient satisfaction and<br /><br>stress-related autonomic nervous system measures).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method