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Episodic Future Thinking to Improve Anticoagulant Adherence in Atrial Fibrillation

NCT07174778 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2025-09-16

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of Episodic Future Thinking (EFT) on improving medication adherence in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients taking oral anticoagulants. A total of 68 participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention group or the control group. Those in the intervention group will receive a 3-week EFT intervention in addition to the usual care, while those in the control group will receive the usual care only. Data on medication adherence, delay discounting (DD), and anticoagulation knowledge will be collected at baseline, end of intervention, and 3-month follow-up.

Conditions

  • Atrial Fibrillation (AF)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Episodic future thinking

Participants will engage in episodic future thinking prompted via text-based cues and picture-based cues to help them adhere to oral anticoagulants. Participants will also receive health education on atrial fibrillation-related stroke prevention.

BEHAVIORAL

attention control

The control group will receive standard care, including routine health education from ward nurses and one post-discharge telephone follow-up. In additon, participants will receive a message from the researcher at the same time point each day, but the message will only involve daily greetings.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jiawen You

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-15
Primary Completion
2027-01-01
Completion
2027-03-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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