An evaluation of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention uptake and utilisation for acute coronary syndrome patients.

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

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615001247561
• Lead Sponsor: Curtin University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-11-13
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

Clinical Audit: All patients admitted at FSH with a diagnosis of ACS during the two cycles of audit (for the six month periods beginning 1 January 2016 and 2017 respectively) will be included in the Audit.

Patient Survey: Current patients admitted to FSH with an ACS during the strudy period.

Staff Survey: Currently employed staff who working at cardiology department of FSH as a care giver providing cardiology service to both outpatient and inpatient are eligible to participate the study.

Patient Focus Groups & Staff Interviews: One in four of the patients who returned surveys will be randomly selected and contacted by a phone call from the research team to take part in focus group discussions. Similarly, staff will be randomly selected to take part in face-to-face interviews subsequent to the surveys since it is unlikely to be possible to arrange a group discussion for medical/health staff in a busy clinical setting.

Exclusion Criteria

Hospitality mortality data will be reviewed and invitation letters or phone calls for participating the survey and focus group discussion will not be sent to the addresses of deceased patients.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified