NCT04051021

Non-Pharmacological Interventions on Patient Experience and Healthcare Utilization in Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients

The Impact of Non-Pharmacological Interventions on Patient Experience, Opioid Use, and Healthcare Utilization in Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will assess whether non-pharmacological interventions by a comfort coach affect the amount of opioid pain medication used, as well as perceived physical pain and emotional anxiety and healthcare utilization for adult cardiac surgery patients. Participants that are eligible for the study will be randomized to the comfort coach arm or standard of care. Both groups will complete surveys at the specific time frames in order to compare their outcomes. The study hypothesis is that there will be a decrease in opioid use in the intervention group compared to the standard of care arm during the 90-day perioperative course, as well as a decrease in pain and anxiety along with a lower composite outcome of healthcare utilization.

Conditions

• Cardiac Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Comfort Coach	A trained comfort coach will provide emotional and psychological interventions at six time points: preoperative clinic, day of surgery, extubation, chest tube removal, discharge, 30-day clinic follow-up, and 90-day post-discharge. Patients will also complete surveys at specific time points (preoperative clinic, hospital discharge, 30-day clinic follow-up, and 90-day post-discharge).
OTHER	Usual Care	Patients will complete surveys at specific time points (preoperative clinic, hospital discharge, 30-day clinic follow-up, and 90-day post-discharge).

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-04
• Primary completion: 2020-11-08
• Completion: 2021-01-05
• First posted: 2019-08-09
• Last updated: 2021-02-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States