Nurses Helping Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors Recover After Getting An Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Treatments: Behavioral: Usual Care; Behavioral: Nursing Telephone Support Protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00226681

4766

R01NR004766 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine if an education and support nursing intervention program helped sudden cardiac arrest survivors adjust to the event and to getting an ICD

Full description

This study is one of the first large randomized clinical trials of nursing interventions aimed at improving health outcomes after receiving an ICD. Written informed consent was used in the study.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• First time sudden cardiac arrest with ICD implantation during hospitalization, over age 21 years, working telephone in the home, deliverable address for 1 year

Exclusion criteria

• Receiving an ICD for primary prevention of sudden cardiac arrest, inability to read, speak, or understand English, no telephone at home or no current address, cognitive or physical impairments that prohibited ability to give informed consent.

Trial design

150 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nursing Telephone Support Protocol

2

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual Care