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Psychological Factors in Cardiac Surgery

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Heart Conditions
Registration Number
NCT04766125
Lead Sponsor
University of Aarhus
Brief Summary

The study investigates the effect of adverse event information on adverse event occurrence in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery in a two-armed, randomized study. One group will receive standard information about adverse events; the second group will receive a standardised elaboration of the standard information. Hypothesis: Elaborated information about adverse events will increase adverse event occurrence, mediated by expectations and anxiety, and moderated by coping style.

Detailed Description

If quality assessment indicates that the protocol was not followed adequately, participants will be excluded from data analysis.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
103
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adults (18 and older) undergoing elective cardiac surgery at the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who have previously had cardiac surgery
  • Cardiac surgery with deep hypothermia (<32 degrees Celsius)
  • Acute surgery
  • Patients with psychiatric or neurological disease who are unable to collaborate with the study protocol
  • Patients who do not speak/read Danish

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of adverse eventsAssessed on day four
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of adverse eventsAssessed on day 30, 90, and 180
Hospital readmissionAssessed on day 180
Occurrence of specific adverse eventsAssessed on day four, 30, 90, and 180
Intensity of experienced adverse eventsAssessed on day four, 30, 90, and 180

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aarhus University

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Aarhus, Denmark

Aarhus University
🇩🇰Aarhus, Denmark

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