The Use of Educational Videos to Improve Patient Decision Making and Racial Disparities in the Implantation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest
- Sponsor
- Duke University
- Enrollment
- 59
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Decision to Receive an ICD
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators will examine whether an educational video increases patient knowledge about heart failure and the risk of sudden cardiac arrest and leads to greater satisfaction with information provided as compared to usual care. Additionally, the investigators will look at whether racial concordance (physician and patient being of the same race) improves satisfaction with the patient's treatment decision and disease knowledge. Our hypothesis is that a video in which participants are of the same race as the patient will provide better education and more satisfaction with the treatment decision and may lead to more patients choosing ICD therapy.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Class I primary prevention indications for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). These include:
- •Patients with ejection fraction \<35% due to prior myocardial infarction (MI) who are at least 40 days post-MI and with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II or III;OR
- •Patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) who have an LVEF \< 35% and who meet criteria for NYHA functional class II or III; OR
- •Patients with left ventricular dysfunction due to prior MI who are at least 40 days post-MI, have an left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<30% and are in NYHA functional class I-III; OR
- •Patients with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) due to prior MI, LVEF \<40%, and with inducible ventricular fibrillation (VF) or sustained VT at electrophysiological study; AND
- •Self identified race as black/African American or white/Caucasian
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Decision to Receive an ICD
Time Frame: 1 week post intervention
At one week post-intervention, patients were asked what treatment option they preferred: ICD placement with medications; No ICD, continue with medications only; or unsure.
Secondary Outcomes
- Decisional Conflict Scale(one week post intervention)
- Receipt of an ICD(3 months)