intErnet-based iNterventions FOR Cardiac arrEst suRvivors (ENFORCER)

Azienda Usl di Bologna

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cognitive Impairment; Quality of Life; Depression, Anxiety; Sexual Dysfunction; Social Functioning; Cardiac Arrest

Treatments: Behavioral: Lifestyle intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06395558

ENFORCER

Details and patient eligibility

About

Anxiety, depression and cognitive impairment symptoms are common among cardiac arrest survivors. This randomized clinical trial will test whether an internet-based lifestyle intervention administered through a web app can foster anxiety and depression symptoms in patients who survived an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and suffer from these symptoms

Enrollment: 137 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hospital discharge after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with Cerebral Performance Category 1 or 2
• HADS anxiety or depression ≥ 8 and/or TICS ≤ 31
• Informed consent for participation in the study
• Native Italian speaker or adequate understanding of the Italian language
• Adequate ability to use the web to guarantee access to the contents

Exclusion criteria

• Previous cognitive dysfunction
• Previous psychiatric disease
• Previous episode of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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137 participants in 2 patient groups

Lifestyle intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle intervention

Control

No Intervention group