Efficacy of a health literacy intervention to improve cardiac services for patients with coronary heart disease

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Coronary heart disease; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000780550
• Lead Sponsor: Associate Professor Alison Beauchamp

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 9 September 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

For patients, inclusion criteria are:
- Adults (18 years and older);
- Patients with first-time presentation of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) (ICD-10 codes I200-I214);
- Able to understand English or one of the three top language groups admitted to the health service with CHD;
- Discharge to home is planned to occur within the next 48 hours.

For clinician interviews, inclusion criteria are a clinician working in the cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program at the health service.

Exclusion Criteria

For patients, exclusion criteria are:
- Cognitive impairment – this will be determined from the medical records or by the nurse in charge for that shift;
- Discharged home with diagnosis of heart failure, or on specific targeted therapy for heart failure;
- Other significant in-hospital complication including major stroke;
- Discharge to nursing home/long term care facility/other hospital.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health literacy[Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) (Scale 2: ‘Having sufficient information to manage my health') Baseline, 2-weeks (primary timepoint) and 3-months after hospital discharge]