Interactive Education of Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Coronary Heart Diseases are responsible for a high number of deaths in Germany. To determine the risk factors secondary prevention is of great importance. After their residence in rehabilitation centers patients often get rid of newly required skills. In addition to that parameters like BMI, blood pressure and cholesterol level return to their initial value. Using an Audience Response System (ARS) during oral presentations in rehabilitation centers should improve the learning effect of patients. Furthermore patients will receive motivating telephone calls in the follow-up. These methods should lead to a sustainable improvement of learning effects, health care behavior and quality of life.

Official Title
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Development of Sustainable Methods in Interactive Patient Education to Improve Adherence After Cardiac Rehabilitation

Conditions
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Coronary Disease

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: Audience Response System
* Behavioral: Telephone interview


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Cardiovascular disease Exclusion Criteria: Inability or refusal to give written informed consent

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: fact-finding group<br>Intervention: Audience Response System and motivational telephone interview | Procedure: Audience Response System<br>* patients use during oral presentations an audience response system<br>Behavioral: Telephone interview<br>* patients receive motivational telephone interviews after their residence in rehabilitation clinics<br>|
| No Intervention: control group<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Training content as a measure of success | Reaching a total score (70 points) with respect to the training content as a measure of success of the current interactive patient education | 3 - 4 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BMI and / or abdominal circumference | Change in BMI and / or abdominal circumference | 12 months | 
| Blood Cholesterol Values | Change in Blood Cholesterol Values | 12 months | 
| Depression Score | Change in Depression Score | 12 months | 
| Health Related Quality of Living | Change in Health Related Quality of Living | 12 months | 
| Stroke | Number of patients with a stroke | 12 months | 
| Myocardial Infarction | Number of patients with Myocardial Infarction | 12 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Coronary Disease, Audience Response System