Nurse Telephone Follow-up for Cardiovascular Patients (Nurse-TEL-CVD)

Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression, Anxiety Disorders; Cardiovascular Diseases; Follow-up Study

Treatments: Behavioral: Telephone Education; Behavioral: Standard Care (in control arm)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07120841

IR.MAZUMS.REC.1401.269 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effect of follow-up telephone education provided by a nurse on the levels of anxiety, stress, and depression in patients hospitalized in the cardiac intensive care unit during the two weeks after discharge. Patients will be randomly assigned to either the intervention (education) group or the control group. Their levels of anxiety, stress, and depression will be measured before and after the intervention. The aim is to determine whether this educational intervention can improve the psychological well-being of these patients.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Informed consent obtained from both the patient and their family.
2. Definite diagnosis of heart disease confirmed by a specialist physician.
3. No previous history of psychological problems, based on the patient's medical records.
4. No prior participation in similar educational programs.

Exclusion criteria

1. Non response to the nurse's follow-up calls.
2. Failure to complete the survey.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients receive telephone follow-up education by nurse.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Telephone Education

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients receive usual care without follow-up education.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard Care (in control arm)