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Effect of an Educational and Explanatory Program for a Surgical Act on Preoperative Anxiety

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Preoperative Anxiety
Registration Number
NCT02742025
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Brief Summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact on preoperative anxiety of an education and information program conducted prior to non-urgent coronary angiography performed in patients hospitalized at the Nîmes University Hospital.

Detailed Description

The secondary objectives of this study are to assess the impact of the HEARTLINK program on the following parameters:

A. Duration of hospital stay; B. Per operative blood and heart rate?; C. Patient satisfaction (visual analog scale).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
76
Inclusion Criteria
  • The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
  • The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
  • Patient for whom elective coronary angiography is indicated
  • The patient has never had a coronary angiography before
Exclusion Criteria
  • The patient is participating in another study
  • The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
  • The patient is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
  • The patient refuses to sign the consent
  • It is impossible to correctly inform the patient
  • The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding
  • The subject has already had a coronary angiography
  • The subject has a cognitive impairment

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS)Day 0 (within 1 hour preceding a coronography)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of hospitalizationDate hospital discharge (expected maximum of 5 days)
Visual analog scale for satisfaction concerning careDay 0 (within 1 hour preceding a coronography)
Blood pressureDay 0 (within 1 hour preceding a coronography)
Cardiac frequency (beats per minute)Day 0 (within 1 hour preceding a coronography)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHRU de Nîmes - Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau

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Nîmes Cedex 09, France

CHRU de Nîmes - Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau
🇫🇷Nîmes Cedex 09, France

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