A case management intervention for older patients with myocardial infarctio
- Conditions
- Coronary heart disease (CHD), myocardial infarction (MI)Circulatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN02893746
- Lead Sponsor
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Germany)
- Brief Summary
2010 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20507567 2014 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24523431 2014 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24168465 2014 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24645907 2015 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811486 2016 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26711475 2018 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29898677
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 304
All patients of the age group 70 years and older with a first or recurrent myocardial infarction during the recruitment period (September 2008 to December 2009) who are treated in the Augsburg Hospital.
1. Patients who already live in institutionalised care or who are already receiving regular support by ambulatory care services. In addition, patients who already plan to move into institutional care or outside the study region within the next months.
2. Patients with severe comorbidity (e.g., terminal cancer) which makes rehospitalisation within the next months necessary or is associated with a life expectancy of less than one year
3. Patients who are not able to communicate in German language
4. Patients who are unable or unwilling to give written informed consent (e.g., patients with dementia)
All consecutive patients screened for eligibility will be documented in a patient log with anonymous data on age, gender, comorbidity, and reasons for ineligibility.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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