NCT03763500

Evaluation of the Added Value of an Internet-based Educational Program for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

AMADEUS Atrial Fibrillation Monitoring in the Ablacure Database Including Patient-reported Outcomes and an Educational Program Used for Structured Care.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ulla Walfridsson · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is prospective, open and randomized concerning the value of an Internet-based educational program for patients with atrial fibrillation compared to "care as usual".

Detailed description

In the present guidelines for treatment of atrial fibrillation education and information are underlined as important parts of the care. The investigators developed an Internet-based educational program in close collaboration with patients, specialists in the field, both physicians and nurses, and a phycologist, specialized in cognitive behavioral therapy. The aim of the study is to evaluate this program in comparison to "care as usual" with reduction in symptom burden as primary endpoint, secondary endpoints being improvement in health-related quality of life and reduction in health-care costs.

Conditions

• Atrial Fibrillation
• Quality of Life
• Signs and Symptoms
• Health Economy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Internet-based education	A six-step Internet-based patient education.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-03
• Primary completion: 2021-06-30
• Completion: 2022-12-30
• First posted: 2018-12-04
• Last updated: 2020-09-02

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Sweden