The effectiveness of telehealth intervention on functional status, anxiety, and depression and the number of rehospitalizations among elders with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery: A randomized controlled trial

ASSOC.PROF.USAVADEE ASDORNWISED, Major Advisor0 sites84 target enrollmentAugust 16, 2023

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

August 16, 2023

End Date

July 22, 2024

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

ASSOC.PROF.USAVADEE ASDORNWISED, Major Advisor

•The eligible participants will be recruited in the study if they have any criteria described as follows: 1\) are at least 60 years and scheduled to receive first\-time elective isolated CABG; 2\) have functional class I\-III following New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 50 ; 3\) have a primary family caregiver willing to participate in the study; 4\) can access and use a smartphone via an internet connection either with or without assistance from the primary family caregiver; 5\) able to communicate in the Thai language; 6\) have no cognitive impairment (A cut\-off point of 3 from 5 by Thai version Mini\-cog).

•The eligible participants will be excluded from the study if they have severe dementia, Alzheimer's disease, delirium, terminal illness, or psychiatric disorders, which be diagnosed by a physician. The participants will be withdrawn from the study if they have any criteria described as follows: 1\) are admitted to a nursing home and have barriers to participating in the program; 2\) refuse to participate after involvement in the intervention or if they want to withdraw their participation in the study; 3\) have no report of the physical measures and symptoms back to the researcher for five consecutive days, and the researcher can not contact the participants by telephone call over three consecutive days; 4\) have cardiac arrest during the operation; 5\) have severe complications after CABG surgery, such as stroke, renal failure, and require ongoing renal dialysis.