The Fontan Education Study: A Randomized Control Trial

University of Alberta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Defects, Congenital

Treatments: Other: Fontan Education Videos

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02831790

The Fontan Education Study

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Fontan Education Study is a cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a novel education program in combination with usual care, versus usual care alone, on preparing parents of children undergoing Fontan surgery for the challenges of the postoperative course.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children who are planned to undergo Fontan surgery within 4-6 weeks and their parent(s)/guardian(s)

Exclusion criteria

• parents with < grade 6 level of English reading.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

Educational Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the intervention group will have access to the 3 teaching videos, \~3:30-5:00 minutes in duration each, beginning several weeks prior to the preadmission clinic (as soon as written consent is obtained).

Treatment:

Other: Fontan Education Videos

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the usual care will not be offered an intervention and will not be made aware of the existence of the teaching videos.