Young @ Heart: A randomised controlled trial of a multi-disciplinary home based healthcare program for cardiac patients in the private healthcare system

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Heart disease; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12608000014358
• Lead Sponsor: Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2008-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 602

Inclusion Criteria

All elective and emergency patients admitted to St Andrews or Wesley Hospital, Brisbane and have MBF private health insurance, discharged to home and diagnosed with chronic heart disease: Coronary artery disease, chronic heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation.

Exclusion Criteria

Those < 45 years, not in the three diagnostic groups, not being discharged home, have congenital heart condition, a terminal malignancy, live beyond 25 km of the hospital or have surgically repairable heart disease.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified