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Platform Therapeutic Education in Heart Failure and Coronary Disease

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Heart Failure
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Coronary Bypass Graft Stenosis of Native Artery Graft
Interventions
Behavioral: therapeutic education
Registration Number
NCT01869452
Lead Sponsor
Resicard
Brief Summary

A first therapeutic education is given before patient's discharge at the hospital, then a dedicated nurse follows patients through the phone,regularly according to patients' needs, continues to give advise on risk factors, information on medication and alert symptoms and therapeutic education.

Detailed Description

Patients are assigned to an arm accordingly to their needs: class 1 with light therapeutic education, class 2 with moderate education, class 3 with heavy education. Assignement is based on the first education diagnosis during hospitalization time.

Quality of life and patient's knowledge are regularly evaluated through questionnaires

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
555
Inclusion Criteria
  • hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction ,no ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction ST , unstable angina)
  • hospitalization for heart failure
  • acute coronary syndrome < 3 months
  • heart failure < 3 months
  • coronary by-pass surgery < 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
  • complicated acute coronary syndrome (ventricular arrhythmia, heart failure, mechanical complications, cardiogenic shock)
  • valvular cardiac pathology
  • obstructive cardiomyopathy
  • planned cardiac transplantation
  • severe neurological or psychiatric troubles
  • loss of autonomy
  • other (refusal, language, nursing house, way of life not compatible with follow up, refusal of telephonic contacts)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
therapeutic education class 1therapeutic educationpatients in class 1 will have a follow up call with therapeutic education every 3 months. this is the light follow up.
therapeutic education class 2therapeutic educationpatients in class 2 will have a follow up call with therapeutic education every month. this is the moderate follow up
therapeutic education class 3therapeutic educationpatients in class 3 will have a follow up call with therapeutic education twice a month. this is the heavy follow up.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
number of patient with a better of quality of life1 year

quality of life is evaluated with appropriate questionnaires

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
number of hospitalizations during the follow up1 year

hospitalizations are recorded during the year of follow up, with cause and duration.

number of patients who improve their knowledge of disease1 year

Knowledge of disease includes risk factors, symptoms, medication, diet. It is evaluated with appropriate questionnaires.

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Institut Coeur Effort Sante

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Paris, France

Clinique Turin

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Paris, France

Hopital Saint Antoine

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Paris, France

Centre Cardiologique Alfred Kastler

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Sarcelles, France

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