Improving patient reassurance through an early intervention prior to exercise stress testing

Completed

• Conditions: Symptoms of chest pain; Signs and Symptoms; Chest pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN87589121
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Auckland (New Zealand)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Patients referred for exercise stress test with negative findings

Exclusion Criteria

1. Aged less than 18 years
2. Previously diagnosed cardiac pathology
3. No symptoms of chest pain
4. Undertaking the stress exercise test as part of a pre-surgical medical examination
5. Positive exercise stress test

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Patients? reported reassurance.<br>2. Levels of worry about their health and belief that something is seriously wrong with their heart, measured immediately following the test and at one month following testing.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Complaints of chest pain and whether continuing to take cardiac medication.