Acute Coronary Syndrome KCMC

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Coronary Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Quality Improvement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04563546

Pro00090902

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop a quality improvement intervention to address barriers to evidence-based acute coronary syndrome (ACS) care in northern Tanzania. Patients who presented to Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) will be asked to complete a survey about barriers and facilitators of health care. In addition the survey will be administered to all providers, policymakers, and administrators participating in in-depth interviews. Data from this survey will be used to develop a quality improvement intervention that will be piloted by KCMC staff. Six months after the pilot program is implemented providers, patients, and administrators will be interviewed for their perspectives on the program.

Enrollment: 641 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• symptoms related to acute coronary syndrome
• myocardial infarction
• clinically sober
• able to communicate in Swahili or English

Exclusion criteria

• medically unstable
• have a deteriorating condiction
• too critically ill to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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641 participants in 1 patient group

MI Patients in northern Tanzania

Other group

Description:

Patients presenting to KCMC emergency department with acute MI

Treatment:

Other: Quality Improvement