Bridging the transition from hospital to home: Effects of the VITAL Telehealth Program on recovery for CABG patients and their caregivers
- Conditions
- Recovery from coronary artery bypass graft surgerySurgeryCoronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN77474147
- Lead Sponsor
- McGill University (Canada)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 174
1. The patient is undergoing first-time CABG surgery
2. The patient is hospitalized and waiting for CABG surgery, or is admitted to hospital for surgery after being on the cardiac wait list
3. There is a caregiver available and present on admission and/or during the patient?s hospitalization
4. There is a telephone in the home
5. There is a grounded electrical outlet, or three-prong plug outlet, in the home
6. The patient and caregiver speak and understand English and are cognitively able to participate in the interviews
7. Both the patient and caregiver will be likely to be able to adhere with the VITAL program
8. The patient and caregiver both consent to participate
1. Patient is scheduled for valve replacement surgery
2. An attending physician believes it is necessary for a patient to have the VITAL program upon discharge.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The 20-item State Anxiety Inventory (S-STAI) administered by telephone pre-operatively at baseline and at 5 days and 3 weeks after discharge
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale -10 (CESD-10) administered pre-operatively at baseline and at 5 days and 3 weeks after discharge<br>2. Health Care Utilization data collected at 5 days and 3 weeks after discharge