Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Pilot Trial of a Home-Based Peer Support Program After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Brief Summary: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is performed more frequently on individuals who are older and sicker than in previous years. Increased patient acuity and reduced hospital length of stays leave individuals ill prepared for their recovery following discharge. Individuals experience pain, functional impairment and depressive symptoms following discharge, which persist for 8 weeks in 50% of individuals. Unrelieved pain, functional decline and depressive symptoms predispose individuals to adverse events, impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and increased morbidity and mortality.

Existing supports; including printed education materials, community care resources, cardiac rehabilitation programs and nurse-initiated telephone follow-up, fail to address concerns of individuals in this early period following hospital discharge.

Despite the positive health outcomes in other patient populations, valid studies examining the impact of telephone-based peer support to men and women after hospital discharge from CABG surgery were not found. It is anticipated that a home-based peer support program, delivered by telephone, will improve recovery and enhance HRQOL for individuals in the early weeks post hospital discharge from CABG surgery.


Options:
A: Arm Label: Treadmill group; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Exercise training | Arm Label: Exercise groups; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Exercise training | Arm Label: home-based exercise; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Exercise training | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Exercise training; Assigned to Arm(s): Exercise groups, Treadmill group, home-based exercise
B: Arm Label: OPTICARE-A; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: rehabilitation+telephonic coaching | Arm Label: OPTICARE-B; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: OPTICARE-B | Arm Label: OPTICARE-C; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: OPTICARE-C | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: rehabilitation+telephonic coaching; Assigned to Arm(s): OPTICARE-A | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: OPTICARE-B; Assigned to Arm(s): OPTICARE-B | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: OPTICARE-C; Assigned to Arm(s): OPTICARE-C
C: Arm Label: Enhanced Internet-based intervention; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Tailored content, Behavioral: Generic Internet-based information, Behavioral: Discussion forum, Behavioral: Behavioral monitoring | Arm Label: Control; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Generic Internet-based information, Behavioral: Discussion forum | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Tailored content; Assigned to Arm(s): Enhanced Internet-based intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Generic Internet-based information; Assigned to Arm(s): Control, Enhanced Internet-based intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Discussion forum; Assigned to Arm(s): Control, Enhanced Internet-based intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Behavioral monitoring; Assigned to Arm(s): Enhanced Internet-based intervention
D: Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Peer Support; Assigned to Arm(s): N/A

Answer: D