Patient Expectations After Implantable-cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Defibrillators, Implantable

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00845390

CHR #08033561

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be a qualitative survey to understand the expectations of defibrillator patients with regards to their device. It is unknown what ICD (implantable-cardioverter defibrillator) patients understand about their device and its purpose, thus we will be talking to them about their device. Also, we will be interested in studying their beliefs on how the ICD impacts their life expectancy and quality of life.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients are eligible for inclusion. We hope to acquire a wide range of ages but are not limited to a specific set.

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English speakers will be excluded.

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

ICD Patients

Description:

ICD patients