Development and Efficacy Evaluation of Integrated Chronic Care and Health Promotion Model for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stable Angina; Acute Myocardial Infarction

Treatments: Other: Traditional group; Behavioral: Integrated health care team

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01357096

990179

Details and patient eligibility

About

The hypothesis of this project is to examine whether the integrated health care program as the intervention group can reduce the recurrence and mortality of coronary artery-related diseases than the traditional one as the comparison group.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who suffered from acute myocardial infarction or stable angina with intervention (CABG or PTCA)

Exclusion criteria

1. Age > 85 yrs old.
2. Worse short-term prognosis (e.g.cancer, congestive heart failure NYHA IV)
3. Any systemic disease which will limit the exercise program (e.g. bed-ridden stroke)
4. Unable to participate in the trial due to any logic reasons

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Comparison group

No Intervention group

Treatment:

Other: Traditional group

Integrated health care team

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Integrated health care team