Evaluation of the PROCARE nursing intervention on device acceptance in patients with newly implanted cardiac defibrillators
- Conditions
- Patients with Newly Implanted Cardiac DefibrillatorsCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN95996799
- Lead Sponsor
- Montreal Heart Institute Research Center (Canada)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
1. Aged 18 years or older, no upper age limit and either sex
2. Patients with first-time implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD)
3. Speak, read and understand French
4. Physical and cognitive capabilities to participate
5. Hospital length of stay of two weeks or less after ICD implantation
6. Returning home after hospital discharge (not to long-term care, rehabilitation or other health care facilities)
1. Having a regular and specialized follow-up (e.g., every week or every month) in a Heart Failure Clinic or an Adult Congenital Heart Center
2. Participate in another clinical research project, or regular follow-up by a specialist such as a psychiatrist or nurse practitioner, to avoid doubling the interventions by different professionals
3. Being referred or followed in palliative care or similar, or being in end-stage heart failure [New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV]
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method