Psychological Well-being of Patients Awaiting for Cardiac Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Psychological Stress; Anxiety Depression; Anxiety and Fear; Anxiety Postoperative

Treatments: Behavioral: a survey; Behavioral: HADS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04406181

COVID-19 Cardiac psy wellbeing

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect and impact of postponing cardiac surgery / creating a waiting list as a result of COVID-19 on patients, both psychologically and symptomatically on three groups of patients:

1. The degree of anxiety and/or depression induced by their altered medical care trajectory.
2. The incidence of medical problems induced by deferred elective surgery or delayed postoperative ambulatory visit
3. The occurrence of reduced access to medical and psychological help

Full description

A prospective study by means of a questionnaire, specifically designed for each of the three groups.

1. Adult patients whose operation date has been deferred
2. Patients who did not have had an operation date
3. Patients who have been operating on during the month before

Each group will receive a twofold questionnaire:

Part I: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), a robust questionnaire used for hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients gauging the degree of anxiety and/or depression, irrespective of their specific medical condition. All three groups receive the same list of questions.

-Part II: a questionnaire made up specifically for issues concerning the medical/psychological/access aspects during the COVID-19 outbreak. Each of the three groups will receive a questionnaire, adapted to the group they are assigned to.

The questionnaires will be delivered by the use of Qualtrics or on paper. Timing and mode of presentation (Qualtrics or fill-in paper on admission) of the questionnaire will depend on the length of the quarantine measures.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All adult patients whose operation date has been deferred due to the pandemic COVID-19.

All patients who did not have had an operation date before the pandemic COVID-19.

All patients who have been operating on during the month before the pandemic COVID-19.

Exclusion criteria

N/A

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 3 patient groups

operation deferred

Other group

Description:

Adult patients whose operation date has been deferred due to the pandemic

Treatment:

Behavioral: a survey

Behavioral: HADS

no operation date

Other group

Description:

Patients who did not have had an operation date and who were told to need cardiac surgery before the pandemic started

Treatment:

Behavioral: a survey

Behavioral: HADS

postoperative consultation deferred

Other group

Description:

Patients who have been operating on during the month before the pandemic

Treatment:

Behavioral: a survey

Behavioral: HADS