Rehabilitation and Outcome for Patients on LVAD Support

Hannover Medical School (MHH)

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Quality of Life

Exercise Capacity

Treatments

Other: multi-module rehabilitation program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00781807

DSfH-Project-No. F/05/08

Details and patient eligibility

About

A prospective, multi-module intervention based on nutrition management, psychosocial support, and a controlled home-based physical exercise training program for patients on LVAD- support will be provided to improve outcomes in terms of survival and patients health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for the long-term. Physical capacity, neurocognitive, psychological factors, and adverse events will be assessed as potential independent indicators for HRQoL.

Full description

The multi-module intervention program for patients on LVAD support includes nutrition management, home-based ergometer training program, psychosocial support and neurocognitive screening. The nutrition management and physical reconditioning program will be supplemented by psychosocial support targeting the risk of increased stress, anxiety, and depression level. Moreover, standardized neurocognitive screening procedures will be administered to detect neurocognitive dysfunction (except stroke) and will be assessed for their potential to predict limitations in QoL. Adverse events like re-hospitalizations, thromboembolic and bleeding events will be monitored and assessed for their potential to negatively impact QoL.

Enrollment

80 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All eligible patients after LVAD implantation for long-term support with follow-up at our outpatient clinic
Written informed consent
Sufficient German language skills to read and answer a battery of questionnaires
18 years and older

Exclusion criteria