NCT04474418

Psychometric Characterization of Patients With Cardiac Arrhythmias

Be-PART: Berlin Psychometric Characterization of Patients With Cardiac ARrhyThmias

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To investigate the influence of different psychological parameters (e.g. depression, anxiety, personality traits, resilience, tolerance of uncertainty or heart beat perception) on treatment outcome and quality of life in patients with cardiac arrythmias.

Detailed description

This longitudinal observational study examines patients with cardiac arrhythmia (such as atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter) who are undergoing a conventional standard therapy in the Department of Cardiology of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin. To examine the impact of psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, resilience and risk factors (e.g. neuroticism) on cardiac treatment outcomes, patients are evaluated with a standardized psychological assessment including established questionnaires. The baseline observation is performed before the standard treatment of the arrhythmia (e.g. pharmacological treatment or electrophysiological methods). Follow-up observations are made 3 and 6 month after the cardiological intervention.

Conditions

• Cardiac Arrhythmia
• Anxiety
• Personality
• Psychological Stress
• Depression

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-09
• Primary completion: 2021-01-01
• Completion: 2021-08-01
• First posted: 2020-07-16
• Last updated: 2020-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany