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Family Focused Intervention for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

NCT04165421 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2020-01-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major and rapidly growing cardiac disease characterized by irregular heart rhythm. Living with AF can lead to stress, anxiety and depression for both patients and their families with increased risk of lost working days, hospitalization, and worsening of the disease. However, family-focused nursing has shown to capture the family's feelings and this could change the negative circle into a positive circle.

The study aim is to examine how families experience living with a family member with AF and if family involvement through a family focused nursing intervention and group education can improve quality of life for AF patients.

Family unit interviews, a study with focus group interviews with family members, and a randomized fidelity study evaluating the effect of the family focused nursing intervention will provide evidence-based knowledge on how to implement family focused nursing into care of patients with AF.

Conditions

  • Quality of Life

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family intervention group

Education and Family conversations

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stine Rosenstrøm, MHSc · Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-01
Primary Completion
2021-01-31
Completion
2021-07-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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