For Her Heart's Sake: A Clinical Trial to Assess Strategies to Enhance Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation - STEP Project
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
- Primary Endpoint
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Enrolment
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of the proposed project is to determine if providing an intervention for women who decline the invitation to participate in standard cardiac rehabilitation programs (CRPs) will ultimately result in an increase their participation in CRPs.This study will evaluate outcomes of patients randomized to the FHHS STEP Program versus by non-STEP Program participants. The overall goal is to provide an alternate, introductory program that will engage, educate, and empower women following a cardiac event. Providing these women with the necessary personal resources will encourage and enable these women to take the step towards a cardiac rehabilitation program, which, in turn will ideally lead to a life-long commitment to heart health.
Detailed Description
Cardiac rehabilitation programs (CRPs) have been shown to improve outcomes following a cardiac event. Referrals to the CRP are a standard part of the community-based continuing care process within the Winnipeg region, to include automatic referrals for hospitalized patients, based on specific criteria, physician referrals and self-referrals. However, fewer women than men are referred to and participate in CRPs in Winnipeg. The investigators' study is unique in that the investigators plan to capture those women who may not be ready to change or participate in a traditional CRP. While women who are in the pre-contemplative or contemplative stages of change may not be ready to participate in a standard CRP, they may be willing to explore a complementary opportunity: the FHHS STEP Program. The overall goal of this project is to provide a collaborative team environment that will engage women; educate, and empower women; and provide women with the necessary personal resources to enable them to take the step towards a cardiac rehabilitation program and a life-long commitment to heart health. The investigators' 2-group randomized clinical trial will compare physiological and psychosocial outcomes among women completing a 12-week gender specific introduction to cardiac rehabilitation with non-program attenders.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Discharged from a Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) facility;
- •Diagnosis of stable ischemic heart disease or acute coronary syndrome who have undergone revascularization via coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery or elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI);
- •Diagnosis of valvular heart disease who have undergone valve surgery;
- •Diagnosis of stable ischemic or non-ischemic heart failure;
- •Able to read, write, and speak English;
- •Referred to and declined participation in a CRP in Winnipeg;
- •Willing and able to attend the STEP Program at the Victoria General Hospital.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients who have unstable or recent unstable cardiac syndrome, as defined by:
- •Severe heart failure (New York Heart Association Class IV) or angina (Canadian Cardiovascular Society Class IV) symptoms
- •Non-re-vascularized \> triple vessel disease
- •Non-repaired severe valvular heart disease (aortic or mitral area \< 1.0cm2 or mean gradient \> 40 mmhg or \> 10mmHg \[millimetres of mercury\] respectively)
- •Severe systolic heart failure (LVEF \[left ventricular ejection fraction\] \< 30%)
- •High risk stress test
- •Exercise induced ventricular arrhythmias or recent (within the past 6 months) hospitalization for ventricular arrhythmias
- •Unstable arrhythmias (i.e., bradycardia; tachyarrhythmias)
- •Previous attendance in a CRP
- •Physical limitations that would preclude ability to walk
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Enrolment
Time Frame: 12 months
3 yes/no questions: have you contacted a CRP; have you joined a CRP; do you plan to contact a CRP. if not, why not
Secondary Outcomes
- Short-Form-36(baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months)
- Brief Symptom Inventory(baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months)
- General Self-Efficacy Scale(baseline, 3, 6, 12 months)
- Multidimensional Self-Efficacy for Exercise Scale(baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months)
- Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Social Support Instrument(baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months)
- Stages of Change Questionnaire(baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months)
- Health Resource Utilization Questionnaire(3, 6 and 12 months)
- International Physical Activity Questionnaire(baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months)
- Client Satisfaction Questionnaire(3 months)
- 6-Minute Walk Test(baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months)
- Accelerometry(baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months)